διαφέρω
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
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 8.8
- 423 BCE, Euripides, The Suppliants 382
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, On Marvellous Things Heard 836B.6
- 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Women of Trachis 323
- (of time) to go through, live, continue
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 3.40
- 412 BCE, Euripides, Helen 10
- 480 BCE – 406 BCE, Euripides, Rhesus 600
- 480 BCE – 406 BCE, Euripides, Rhesus 982
- 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, On Joints 56
- 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Ajax 511
- 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Memorabilia 2.1.24
- to bear through, bear to the end
- 407 BCE, Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis 1195
- 413 BCE, Euripides, Ion 15
- 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Memorabilia 2.2.5
- to bear to the end, go through with
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.25
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.11
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 6.54
- 429 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus the King 321
- 428 BCE, Euripides, Hippolytus 1143
- 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, περὶ τῶν ἐντὸς παθῶν 40
- to carry different ways, to toss about
- 425 BCE, Aristophanes, Lysistrata 570
- 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Oeconomicus 9.8
- 423 BCE, Euripides, The Suppliants 715
- 405 BCE, Euripides, The Bacchae 1087
- 408 BCE, Euripides, Orestes 1261
- 360 BCE, Plato, The Sophist 242E
- 64 BCE – 24 CE, Strabo, Geography 3.2.5
- New Testament, Acts of the Apostles 27:27
- 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Galba 26
- to spread
- 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Pythian Ode 11.60
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Erotic Essay 46
- 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Moralia 2.163C
- to tear asunder
- 405 BCE, Euripides, The Bacchae 754
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Poetics 1451A.34
- 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Moralia 2.133D
- 40 CE – 115 CE, Dio Chrysostom, Collected Works 43.46
- to give
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 4.138
- 408 BCE, Euripides, Orestes 49
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 4.74
- 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Symposium 5.8
- (ἐράνους διαφέρω = διαλύσομα) to pay them up
- 396 BCE – 323 BCE, Lycurgus of Athens, Collected Works 22
- (intransitive) to differ
- 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Nemean Ode 7.54
- 424 BCE, Euripides, Hecuba 599
- 408 BCE, Euripides, Orestes 251
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 5.86
- 423 BCE, Aristophanes, The Clouds 503
- 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Protagoras 329D
- 361 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Midias 147
- 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Hiero 1.2.7
- 95 CE – 165 CE, Appian, Mithridatic Wars 1
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 486A.22
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Meteorology 341B.24
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 505A.21
- 350 BCE, Aristotle, Parts of Animals 684B.3
- 125 CE – 200 CE, Lucian, Alexander the False Prophet 15
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Aristocrates 167
- 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Oeconomicus 20.17
- (impersonal) it makes a difference
- 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, Aphorisms 5.22
- 415 BCE, Euripides, The Trojan Women 1248
- 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Phaedo 89C
- 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 467C
- 480 BCE – 411 BCE, Antiphon of Rhamnus, On the Murder of Herodes 13
- 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Protagoras 316B
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 3.42
- 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Laches 187D
- 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 349A
- 380 BCE, Plato, Gorgias 497B
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.85
- 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Julius Caesar 65
- 129 CE – 216 CE, Galen, Collected Works 15.420–428
- 129 CE – 216 CE, Galen, Of the Uses of the Different Parts of the Human Body 9.5
- (substantive) the difference, the odds
- 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Philebus 45D
- 408 BCE – 334 BCE, Antiphanes Comicus, Collected Works 31
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 6.92
- 445 BCE – 380 BCE, Lysias, Against Philon 5
- 4th century BC, Isaeus, Nicostratus 12
- New Testament, Epistle to the Romans 2:18
- 440 BCE – 390 BCE, Andocides, On the Peace 19
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.70
- to be different from a man, generally in point of excess, to surpass
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 11.8
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 3.39
- 400 BCE – 387 BCE, Plato, Apology 35B
- 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Constitution of Sparta 1.10
- 389 BCE – 314 BCE, Aeschines, Against Timarchus 181
- 380 BCE, Plato, Gorgias 517B
- 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 3.4.33
- 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Memorabilia 3.11.14
- 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Ways and Means 4.25
- 200 BCE – 118 BCE, Polybius, The Histories 10.27.5
- 436 BCE – 338 BCE, Isocrates, Helen 12
- 331 CE – 363 CE, Julian, Orations 2.53C
- 371 BCE – 287 BCE, Theophrastus, On the Causes of Plants 5.14.9
- 200 BCE – 118 BCE, Polybius, The Histories 6.39.2
- to prevail
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 3.83
- to quarrel, struggle
- 5th century BC, Telecleides, Hesiodoi 7
- to come between, intervene
- 480 BCE – 411 BCE, Antiphon of Rhamnus, On the Murder of Herodes 94
- to belong to
- 280 BCE – 220 BCE, Philo of Byzantium, Compendium of Mechanics 1.207
- (passive) to differ, be at variance, quarrel
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.173
- 399 BCE, Plato, Euthyphro 7B
- 480 BCE – 411 BCE, Antiphon of Rhamnus, On the Murder of Herodes 42
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 5.31
- 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Oeconomicus 17.4
- 445 BCE – 380 BCE, Lysias, On the Confiscation of the Property of the Brother of Nicias 17
- 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 4.5.17
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 7.220
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Dionysodorus 46
- 341 BCE, Demosthenes, Third Philippic 8
- 445 BCE – 380 BCE, Lysias, Against Theomnestus 1 17
Inflection
Present: δῐᾰφέρω, δῐᾰφέρομαι
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | δῐᾰφέρω | δῐᾰφέρεις | δῐᾰφέρει | δῐᾰφέρετον | δῐᾰφέρετον | δῐᾰφέρομεν | δῐᾰφέρετε | δῐᾰφέρουσῐ(ν) | ||||
subjunctive | δῐᾰφέρω | δῐᾰφέρῃς | δῐᾰφέρῃ | δῐᾰφέρητον | δῐᾰφέρητον | δῐᾰφέρωμεν | δῐᾰφέρητε | δῐᾰφέρωσῐ(ν) | |||||
optative | δῐᾰφέροιμῐ | δῐᾰφέροις | δῐᾰφέροι | δῐᾰφέροιτον | δῐᾰφεροίτην | δῐᾰφέροιμεν | δῐᾰφέροιτε | δῐᾰφέροιεν | |||||
imperative | δῐᾰ́φερε | δῐᾰφερέτω | δῐᾰφέρετον | δῐᾰφερέτων | δῐᾰφέρετε | δῐᾰφερόντων | |||||||
middle/ passive | indicative | δῐᾰφέρομαι | δῐᾰφέρῃ, δῐᾰφέρει | δῐᾰφέρεται | δῐᾰφέρεσθον | δῐᾰφέρεσθον | δῐᾰφερόμεθᾰ | δῐᾰφέρεσθε | δῐᾰφέρονται | ||||
subjunctive | δῐᾰφέρωμαι | δῐᾰφέρῃ | δῐᾰφέρηται | δῐᾰφέρησθον | δῐᾰφέρησθον | δῐᾰφερώμεθᾰ | δῐᾰφέρησθε | δῐᾰφέρωνται | |||||
optative | δῐᾰφεροίμην | δῐᾰφέροιο | δῐᾰφέροιτο | δῐᾰφέροισθον | δῐᾰφεροίσθην | δῐᾰφεροίμεθᾰ | δῐᾰφέροισθε | δῐᾰφέροιντο | |||||
imperative | δῐᾰφέρου | δῐᾰφερέσθω | δῐᾰφέρεσθον | δῐᾰφερέσθων | δῐᾰφέρεσθε | δῐᾰφερέσθων | |||||||
active | middle/passive | ||||||||||||
infinitive | δῐᾰφέρειν | δῐᾰφέρεσθαι | |||||||||||
participle | m | δῐᾰφέρων | δῐᾰφερόμενος | ||||||||||
f | δῐᾰφέρουσᾰ | δῐᾰφερομένη | |||||||||||
n | δῐᾰφέρον | δῐᾰφερόμενον | |||||||||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. |
Imperfect: δῐέφερον, δῐεφερόμην
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | δῐέφερον | δῐέφερες | δῐέφερε(ν) | δῐεφέρετον | δῐεφερέτην | δῐεφέρομεν | δῐεφέρετε | δῐέφερον | ||||
middle/ passive | indicative | δῐεφερόμην | δῐεφέρου | δῐεφέρετο | δῐεφέρεσθον | δῐεφερέσθην | δῐεφερόμεθᾰ | δῐεφέρεσθε | δῐεφέροντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. |
Future: δῐοίσω, δῐοίσομαι
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | δῐοίσω | δῐοίσεις | δῐοίσει | δῐοίσετον | δῐοίσετον | δῐοίσομεν | δῐοίσετε | δῐοίσουσῐ(ν) | ||||
optative | δῐοίσοιμῐ | δῐοίσοις | δῐοίσοι | δῐοίσοιτον | δῐοισοίτην | δῐοίσοιμεν | δῐοίσοιτε | δῐοίσοιεν | |||||
middle | indicative | δῐοίσομαι | δῐοίσῃ, δῐοίσει | δῐοίσεται | δῐοίσεσθον | δῐοίσεσθον | δῐοισόμεθᾰ | δῐοίσεσθε | δῐοίσονται | ||||
optative | δῐοισοίμην | δῐοίσοιο | δῐοίσοιτο | δῐοίσοισθον | δῐοισοίσθην | δῐοισοίμεθᾰ | δῐοίσοισθε | δῐοίσοιντο | |||||
active | middle | ||||||||||||
infinitive | δῐοίσειν | δῐοίσεσθαι | |||||||||||
participle | m | δῐοίσων | δῐοισόμενος | ||||||||||
f | δῐοίσουσᾰ | δῐοισομένη | |||||||||||
n | δῐοῖσον | δῐοισόμενον | |||||||||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. |
Aorist: δῐήνεγκᾰ, δῐηνεγκᾰ́μην, δῐηνέχθην
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | δῐήνεγκᾰ | δῐήνεγκᾰς | δῐήνεγκε(ν) | δῐηνέγκᾰτον | δῐηνεγκᾰ́την | δῐηνέγκᾰμεν | δῐηνέγκᾰτε | δῐήνεγκᾰν | ||||
subjunctive | δῐενέγκω | δῐενέγκῃς | δῐενέγκῃ | δῐενέγκητον | δῐενέγκητον | δῐενέγκωμεν | δῐενέγκητε | δῐενέγκωσῐ(ν) | |||||
optative | δῐενέγκαιμῐ | δῐενέγκειᾰς, δῐενέγκαις | δῐενέγκειε(ν), δῐενέγκαι | δῐενέγκαιτον | δῐενεγκαίτην | δῐενέγκαιμεν | δῐενέγκαιτε | δῐενέγκειᾰν, δῐενέγκαιεν | |||||
imperative | δῐένεγκον | δῐενεγκᾰ́τω | δῐενέγκᾰτον | δῐενεγκᾰ́των | δῐενέγκᾰτε | δῐενεγκᾰ́ντων | |||||||
middle | indicative | δῐηνεγκᾰ́μην | δῐηνέγκω | δῐηνέγκᾰτο | δῐηνέγκᾰσθον | δῐηνεγκᾰ́σθην | δῐηνεγκᾰ́μεθᾰ | δῐηνέγκᾰσθε | δῐηνέγκᾰντο | ||||
subjunctive | δῐενέγκωμαι | δῐενέγκῃ | δῐενέγκηται | δῐενέγκησθον | δῐενέγκησθον | δῐενεγκώμεθᾰ | δῐενέγκησθε | δῐενέγκωνται | |||||
optative | δῐενεγκαίμην | δῐενέγκαιο | δῐενέγκαιτο | δῐενέγκαισθον | δῐενεγκαίσθην | δῐενεγκαίμεθᾰ | δῐενέγκαισθε | δῐενέγκαιντο | |||||
imperative | δῐένεγκαι | δῐενεγκᾰ́σθω | δῐενέγκᾰσθον | δῐενεγκᾰ́σθων | δῐενέγκᾰσθε | δῐενεγκᾰ́σθων | |||||||
passive | indicative | δῐηνέχθην | δῐηνέχθης | δῐηνέχθη | δῐηνέχθητον | δῐηνεχθήτην | δῐηνέχθημεν | δῐηνέχθητε | δῐηνέχθησᾰν | ||||
subjunctive | δῐενεχθῶ | δῐενεχθῇς | δῐενεχθῇ | δῐενεχθῆτον | δῐενεχθῆτον | δῐενεχθῶμεν | δῐενεχθῆτε | δῐενεχθῶσῐ(ν) | |||||
optative | δῐενεχθείην | δῐενεχθείης | δῐενεχθείη | δῐενεχθεῖτον, δῐενεχθείητον | δῐενεχθείτην, δῐενεχθειήτην | δῐενεχθεῖμεν, δῐενεχθείημεν | δῐενεχθεῖτε, δῐενεχθείητε | δῐενεχθεῖεν, δῐενεχθείησᾰν | |||||
imperative | δῐενέχθητῐ | δῐενεχθήτω | δῐενέχθητον | δῐενεχθήτων | δῐενέχθητε | δῐενεχθέντων | |||||||
active | middle | passive | |||||||||||
infinitive | δῐενέγκαι | δῐενέγκᾰσθαι | δῐενεχθῆναι | ||||||||||
participle | m | δῐενέγκᾱς | δῐενεγκᾰ́μενος | δῐενεχθείς | |||||||||
f | δῐενέγκᾱσᾰ | δῐενεγκᾰμένη | δῐενεχθεῖσᾰ | ||||||||||
n | δῐενέγκᾰν | δῐενεγκᾰ́μενον | δῐενεχθέν | ||||||||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. |
Aorist: δῐήνεγκον, δῐηνεγκόμην
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | δῐήνεγκον | δῐήνεγκες | δῐήνεγκε(ν) | δῐηνέγκετον | δῐηνεγκέτην | δῐηνέγκομεν | δῐηνέγκετε | δῐήνεγκον | ||||
subjunctive | δῐενέγκω | δῐενέγκῃς | δῐενέγκῃ | δῐενέγκητον | δῐενέγκητον | δῐενέγκωμεν | δῐενέγκητε | δῐενέγκωσῐ(ν) | |||||
optative | δῐενέγκοιμῐ | δῐενέγκοις | δῐενέγκοι | δῐενέγκοιτον | δῐενεγκοίτην | δῐενέγκοιμεν | δῐενέγκοιτε | δῐενέγκοιεν | |||||
imperative | δῐένεγκε | δῐενεγκέτω | δῐενέγκετον | δῐενεγκέτων | δῐενέγκετε | δῐενεγκόντων | |||||||
middle | indicative | δῐηνεγκόμην | δῐηνέγκου | δῐηνέγκετο | δῐηνέγκεσθον | δῐηνεγκέσθην | δῐηνεγκόμεθᾰ | δῐηνέγκεσθε | δῐηνέγκοντο | ||||
subjunctive | δῐενέγκωμαι | δῐενέγκῃ | δῐενέγκηται | δῐενέγκησθον | δῐενέγκησθον | δῐενεγκώμεθᾰ | δῐενέγκησθε | δῐενέγκωνται | |||||
optative | δῐενεγκοίμην | δῐενέγκοιο | δῐενέγκοιτο | δῐενέγκοισθον | δῐενεγκοίσθην | δῐενεγκοίμεθᾰ | δῐενέγκοισθε | δῐενέγκοιντο | |||||
imperative | δῐενεγκοῦ | δῐενεγκέσθω | δῐενέγκεσθον | δῐενεγκέσθων | δῐενέγκεσθε | δῐενεγκέσθων | |||||||
active | middle | ||||||||||||
infinitive | δῐενεγκεῖν | δῐενεγκέσθαι | |||||||||||
participle | m | δῐενεγκών | δῐενεγκόμενος | ||||||||||
f | δῐενεγκοῦσᾰ | δῐενεγκομένη | |||||||||||
n | δῐενεγκόν | δῐενεγκόμενον | |||||||||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. |
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 (2006–2023)
- “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
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek διαφέρω (diaphérō, “to differ”), from δια- (dia-) + φέρω (phérō).
Verb
διαφέρω • (diaféro) (past διέφερα)
- differ, be different, vary
Conjugation
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
- ενδιαφέρω (endiaféro, “to interest”)
Related terms
- διαφορά f (diaforá, “difference, dispute”)
- διαφορετικός (diaforetikós, “different”)