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διαφορ-ά , , (διαφέρω)
A.moving hither and thither,πεσσῶν διαφοραίmoves, E.Fr.360.9.
2. dislocation,τοῦ ὤμουHeliod. ap. Orib.40.8.4, 49.9 tit.
II. difference, Th.3.10 (pl.), etc.; περί τι D.H. Comp.15; “θεοῦ πρὸς ἄνθρωπονPlu.2.1075c; διαφορὰν ἔχειν to differ, Men.426.
2. in Logic, the differentia of a species, “ἐκ τοῦ γένους καὶ τῶν διαφορῶν τὰ εἴδηArist.Metaph.1057b7, cf. Top.139a29: hence in pl. of species or kinds, Id.Pol.1285a1, 1289a20, Thphr. HP6.4.5; “εἴδη καὶ δ.Plu.2.719e; also “κατὰ διαφορὰν ποιόςStoic.2.128,al.
IV. distinction, excellence, Id.Ti.23a; “ναυπηγίαςPlb.1.51.4.
V. advantage, profit, Antipho 2.3.3; πᾶν τὸ πῖπτον εἰς διαφορᾶς λόγον, valuables, Agatharch.102.
VI. vote, division, in an assembly, “δ. ποιήσασθαιIG12(2).526a18 (Eresus).
VII. delay, PMagd.11.10 (iii B. C.).
VIII.δ. διανοίαςbeing beside oneself, Dsc. Ther.7.
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    • Thucydides, Histories, 3.10
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