διαιρέω
Infl. fut. ήσω
Infl. aor2 -εῖλον
Infl. aor1 pass. -ῃρέθην
I. "to take one from another, to cleave in twain, to divide into parts", Il., Hdt.; δ. λαγόν "to cut" it "open", id=Hdt.; δ. πυλίδα "to break" it "open", Thuc.; δ. τὴν ὀροφήν "to tear" it away, id=Thuc.; δ. τοῦ τείχους "to take down" part of the wall, "make a breach" in it, id=Thuc.; τὸ διῃρημένον "the breach", id=Thuc.
II. "to divide", δύο μοίρας Λυδῶν the Lydians "into" two parts, Hdt.; so, δ. τριχῆ Plat.; εἰς δύο Dem.:—Mid. "to divide for themselves", ναῦς Thuc.: but also "to divide among themselves", Hes., Hdt.:—Pass., διῃρημένοι κατ᾽ ἀναπαύλας "divided" into relays, Thuc.
2. "to divide" into component parts, Plat.
III. "to distinguish", Ar.
2. "to determine, decide", Hdt., Aesch., etc.
3. "to say distinctly, to define, interpret", Hdt., attic