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διαφέρω
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From δια- (dia-, “through, between”) + φέρω (phérō, “to bring, carry”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /di.a.pʰé.rɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /di.aˈpʰe.ro/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ði.aˈɸe.ro/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ði.aˈfe.ro/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ði.aˈfe.ro/
Verb
διαφέρω • (diaphérō)
- to carry over or across, to carry from one to another
- (of time) to go through, live, continue
- to bear through, bear to the end
- to bear to the end, go through with
- to carry different ways, to toss about
- New Testament, Acts of the Apostles 27:27
- to spread
- to tear asunder
- to give
- (ἐράνους διαφέρω = διαλύσομα) to pay them up
- (intransitive) to differ
- (impersonal) it makes a difference
- (substantive) the difference, the odds
- New Testament, Epistle to the Romans 2:18
- to be different from a man, generally in point of excess, to surpass
- to prevail
- to quarrel, struggle
- 5th century BC, Telecleides, Hesiodoi 7
- to come between, intervene
- to belong to
- (passive voice) to differ, be at variance, quarrel
Inflection
Future: δῐοίσω, δῐοίσομαι
Aorist: δῐήνεγκᾰ, δῐηνεγκᾰ́μην, δῐηνέχθην
Aorist: δῐήνεγκον, δῐηνεγκόμην
Further reading
- “διαφέρω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “διαφέρω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- διαφέρω in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- διαφέρω in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- “διαφέρω”, in Slater, William J. (1969), Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G1308 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
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Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek διαφέρω (diaphérō, “to differ”), from δια- (dia-) + φέρω (phérō).
Verb
διαφέρω • (diaféro) (past διέφερα)
Conjugation
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
- ενδιαφέρω (endiaféro, “to interest”)
Related terms
- διαφορά f (diaforá, “difference, dispute”)
- διαφορετικός (diaforetikós, “different”)
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