A.“διῆρα” D.H.1.35:—raise up, lift up, “δ. ἄνω τὸν αὐχένα” X.Eq.10.3: metaph., exaggerate, “τὰ πράγματα” Ph.2.575:—Med., rise, become prominent, of the breasts, Hp.Gland.16; lift up oneself, “πρὸς τὴν τῶν ὅλων θέαν” Arist.Mu.391a3: c. acc., lift up what is one's own, “δ. τὴν βακτηρίαν” Plu.Lys.15; “τοὺς ἄκοντας” Luc.Tox.40; τόσον δ. take so much on oneself, dub. l. in Pl.Ax.370b:—Pass., δ. πρός, εἰς ὕψος, Ph.2.510, 619: metaph., “πρὸς ἀλαζονείαν” Plu.2. 116e.
II. separate, remove, “τὸν πόλεμον ἀπό . .” Plu.Ages.15:— Med., διαράμενος (sc. τοὺς πόδας) with long strides, Thphr.Char.3.6.
2. δ. τὸ στόμα open one's mouth, D.19.112,207: hence Rhet., “διηρμένος” lofty, sublime, D.H.Rh.6.6, Vett.Cens.5.3, Longin.2.2, Hermog. Id.2.9; λέξις ib.1.1; “ποιητική” Luc.Hist.Conscr.45.