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διεῖδον , inf. διϊδεῖν, aor. 2 with no pres. in use (διοράω being used),
A.see thoroughly, discern (on the Homeric usage v. δια-είδω）“, τι” Ar.Nu.168, Pl.Phdr.264c; “λόγος οὐ ῥᾴδιος διϊδεῖν” Id.Phd.62b.
2. see through:—Pass., “διειδομένη ἐν ὕδατι νῆσος” Call.Del.191; ἀτραπὸς . . διειδομένη πεδίοιο seen through or across the plain, A.R.1.546.
II. pf. δίοιδα, inf. διειδέναι, Ep. “διίδμεναι” Id.4.1360, distinguish, discern, “ἀνδρῶν . . τὸν κακὸν διειδέναι” E.Med.518, cf. Ar.Ra.975, Pl.Phdr.262a: fut., “διείσεται ἡ χείρ” Orib.8.36.6; decide, S.OC295.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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