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διαίρω , aor.
A.διῆραD.H.1.35:—raise up, lift up,δ. ἄνω τὸν αὐχέναX.Eq.10.3: metaph., exaggerate,τὰ πράγματαPh.2.575:—Med., rise, become prominent, of the breasts, Hp.Gland.16; lift up oneself,πρὸς τὴν τῶν ὅλων θέανArist.Mu.391a3: c. acc., lift up what is one's own,δ. τὴν βακτηρίανPlu.Lys.15; “τοὺς ἄκονταςLuc.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 ἀλαζονείανPlu.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., “διηρμένοςlofty, sublime, D.H.Rh.6.6, Vett.Cens.5.3, Longin.2.2, Hermog. Id.2.9; λέξις ib.1.1; “ποιητικήLuc.Hist.Conscr.45.
III. intr. (sc. ἑαυτόν, etc.), lift oneself over, cross, τὸ πέλαγος, of swans, Arist.Fr.344; “τὸν πόρονPlb.1.37.1; εἰς Σαρδόνα ib.24.5, etc.; “τὴν ἀκτήνD.H. l.c.
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