διαφέρω
Infl. fut. -οίσω
Infl. fut. -οίσομαι
Infl. aor1 -ήνεγκα
Infl. ionic -ήνεικα
Infl. aor2 -ήνεγκον
Infl. perf. -ενήνοχα
I. "to carry over or across", δ. ναῦς τὸν Ἰσθμόν Thuc.: "to carry from one to another", κηρύγματα Eur.:—metaph., γλῶσσαν διοίσει "will put" the tongue "in motion", will speak, Soph.
2. of Time, δ. τὸν αἰῶνα, τὸν βίον "to go through" life, Hdt., Eur.; absol., ἄπαις διοίσει id=Eur.: —in Mid., διοίσεται "will pass his life", Soph.; σκοπούμενος διοίσει Xen.
3. "to bear through, bear to the end", σκῆπτρα Eur., etc.
4. "to bear to the end, go through with", πόλεμον Hdt., Thuc.:— "to endure, support, sustain", Lat. perferre, Soph., Eur.
II. "to carry different ways, to toss or cast about", id=Eur.
2. "to spread abroad", Dem.
3. "to tear asunder", Lat. differre, Aesch., Eur.
4. δ. τὴν ψῆφον "to give" one's vote "a different way", i. e. against another, Hdt.: also simply, "to give each man" his vote, Eur., Thuc.
III. intr. "to differ, make a difference", Pind., Eur.: c. gen. "to be different from", id=Eur., Ar.
2. impers. διαφέρει, "it makes a difference", πλεῖστον δ., Lat. multum interest, βραχὺ δ. "it makes" little "difference", Eur.; οὐδὲν διαφέρει Plat.;—c. dat. pers., διαφέρει μοι "it makes a difference" to me, id=Plat.; αὐτῷ ἰδίᾳ τι δ. he "has" some private "interest at stake", Thuc.
3. τὸ δ., τὰ διαφέροντα, "the difference, the odds", id=Thuc., etc.; but τὰ δ. also simply "points of difference", id=Thuc.
4. "to be different from" a man, i. e. "to surpass, excel" him, c. gen., id=Thuc., Plat.:—in a compar. sense, διέφερεν ἀλέξασθαι ἤ.. "it was better" to defend oneself than.., Xen.
5. "to prevail", of a belief, Thuc.
IV. Pass. "to differ, be at variance", περί τινος Hdt.; τινὶ περί τινος Thuc.: οὐ διαφέρομαι, ῀ οὔ μοι διαφέρει, Dem.