διαιρέω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

δῐᾰ- (dia-) +‎ αἱρέω (hairéō)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /di.ai̯.ré.ɔː/ → /ði.ɛˈre.o/ → /ði.eˈre.o/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /di.ai̯.ré.ɔː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /di.ɛˈre.o/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ði.ɛˈre.o/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ði.eˈre.o/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ði.eˈre.o/

Verb

δῐαιρέω • (diairéō)

1. to take apart, cleave in twain, divide
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 20.20:

     διὰ δ᾽ ἀμφοτέρους ἕλε κύκλους ἀσπίδος

   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.119:

     παῖδα κατὰ μέλεα διελών

     paîda katà mélea dielṓn

   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.123:

     δ. λαγόν

     d. lagón

     cut it open

   • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 4.110:

     δ. πυλίδα

     d. pulída

     break it open

   • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 6.51
   • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 4.48:

     δ. τὴν ὀροφήν

     d. tḕn orophḗn

     tear away, pull down

   • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 5.2.21:

     τοὺς σταυρούς

     toùs stauroús

   • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 2.75:

     δ. τοῦ τείχους

     d. toû teíkhous

     take down part of the wall, make a breach in it

   • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 2.76:

     τὸ διῃρημένον

     tò diēirēménon

     the breach

   • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 5.3
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 556a.18, (of insects):

     διῃρημένοι τὸ ὑπόζωμα

     diēirēménoi tò hupózōma

   • 110 BCE – 35 BCE, Philodemus, On Phenomena and Inferences 1:

     διαιρουμένος τὴν καρδίαν

     diairouménos tḕn kardían

2. to divide
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.94, (compare 4.148):

     δύο μοίρας Λυδῶν

     dúo moíras Ludôn

     the Lydians into two parts

   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Olympiodorus 12:

     δύο μερίδας

     dúo merídas

   • 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Phaedrus 253c:

     δ. τριχῇ ψυχήν

     d. trikhêi psukhḗn

   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Sens. 440b.5:

     δ. εἰς τὸ ἐλάχιστον

     d. eis tò elákhiston

   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 486a.5, (passive):

     εἰς ὁμοιομερῆ

     eis homoiomerê

   1. (middle voice) divide for themselves; divide among themselves
      • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 4.11:

        κατ᾽ ὀλίγας ναῦς διελόμενοι

        distributing their ships in small divisions

      • 314 CE – 393 CE, Libanius, Orations 52.4:

        τοῖς δικάζουσι δ. τὰ ὦτα

        toîs dikázousi d. tà ôta

        lending an ear to both parties

      • 750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Theogony 112:

        τιμάς

        timás

      • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 9.85:

        τὴν ληΐην

        tḕn lēḯēn

      • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 7.19:

        κατὰ πόλεις τὸ ἔργον

        katà póleis tò érgon

      • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Stephanus 1 38:

        τἀδικήματα

        tadikḗmata

      • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 5.114, (absolute):

        δ. κατὰ πόλεις

        d. katà póleis

   2. (passive voice)
      • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 2.75:

        διῃρημένοι κατ᾽ ἀναπαύλας

        divided into relays

      • 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, The Statesman 261c, (future middle form used in a passive sense):

        διαιρήσομαι

        diairḗsomai

      • 341 BCE, Demosthenes, Fourth Philippic 51:

        διῄρητο τὰ τῶν Ἑλλήνων εἰς δύο

        diḗirēto tà tôn Hellḗnōn eis dúo

      1. to break up, opposed to συντιθέναι
         • 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Phaedo 78c
      2. to dispense
         • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Moralia 2.73b:

           φάρμακον

           phármakon

3. to distinguish
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Politics 1295a.8:

     τυραννίδος εἴδη δύο διείλομεν

     turannídos eídē dúo dieílomen

   • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Oeconomicus 7.26:

     δ. πότερα…

     d. pótera…

   • 423 BCE, Aristophanes, The Clouds 742, (absolute)
   1. (middle voice)
      • 366 BCE – 348 BCE, Plato, Theaetetus 182c
      • 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Laws 950c:

        δ. τοὺς ἀμείνους καὶ τοὺς χείρονας

        d. toùs ameínous kaì toùs kheíronas

      • 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Charmides 163d:

        δ. περί τινος

        d. perí tinos

      1. to determine, decide
         • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 4.23:

           διαφορὰς διαιρέοντες

           diaphoràs diairéontes

         • 458 BCE, Aeschylus, The Eumenides 472:

           δίκας

           díkas

         • 458 BCE, Aeschylus, The Eumenides 488:

           τοῦτο πρᾶγμα

           toûto prâgma

         • 458 BCE, Aeschylus, The Eumenides 630:

           ψήφῳ δ. τοῦδε πράγματος πέρι

           psḗphōi d. toûde prágmatos péri

         • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Ways and Means 3.3, (compare Plato, The Republic 571a, Protagoras 314b, and elsewhere in the same author):

           τὰ ἀμφίλογα

           tà amphíloga

         • 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Laws 946b:

           κλήρῳ δ. τὸν νικῶντα

           klḗrōi d. tòn nikônta

         • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Physics 239b.13:

           δ. περί τινος

           d. perí tinos

         • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Politics 1300b.18:

           διαιρείσθω πόσα εἴδη

           diaireísthō pósa eídē

         • 405 BCE, Aristophanes, The Frogs 1100, (absolute)
         • 405 BCE, Euripides, The Bacchae 206, (codices):

           δ. εἴτε

           d. eíte

      2. to define expressly
         • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 7.16C
         • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 7.103
         1. (middle voice, with accusative and infinitive)
            • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 7.47
      3. (middle voice) to interpret
         • 60 BCE – 7 BCE, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 4.60:

           τέρας, δημεῖον

           téras, dēmeîon

         • 60 BCE – 7 BCE, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 9.6
4. (logic) to divide; divide a genus into its species
   • 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Phaedrus 273e:

     δ. κατ᾽ εἴδη τὰ ὄντα

     d. kat᾽ eídē tà ónta

   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Posterior Analytics 96b.15, (and elsewhere in the same author)
   1. (middle voice)
      • 350 BCE, Aristotle, Parts of Animals 642b.5
5. (mathematics) to divide
   • 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Laws 895e, (passive)
   • c. 225 BCE, Archimedes, On the Sphere and Cylinder 1.6, (and elsewhere in the same author):

     διελόντι

     dielónti

     dividendo

6. to divide words, punctuate in reading; in the language of the Grammarians, resolve a diphthong or contracted form
   • 436 BCE – 338 BCE, Isocrates, Collected Works 12.17
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Rhetoric 1401a.24, (passive)
   • 50 CE – 250 CE, Apollonius Dyscolus, On Pronouns 38.17, (compare Lucius Annaeus Cornutus, De Natura Deorum 5 and Herodian, Philet. p.456.P.):

     διῃρῆσθαι Ἰακῶς

     diēirêsthai Iakôs

7. to allocate revenues
   • Orientis Graeci Inscriptiones Selectae 573.24, (Cilicia)

Conjugation

   Present: δῐαιρέω, δῐαιρέομαι (Uncontracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	δῐαιρέω	δῐαιρέεις	δῐαιρέει	δῐαιρέετον	δῐαιρέετον	δῐαιρέομεν	δῐαιρέετε	δῐαιρέουσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	δῐαιρέω	δῐαιρέῃς	δῐαιρέῃ	δῐαιρέητον	δῐαιρέητον	δῐαιρέωμεν	δῐαιρέητε	δῐαιρέωσῐ(ν)
	optative	δῐαιρέοιμῐ	δῐαιρέοις	δῐαιρέοι	δῐαιρέοιτον	δῐαιρεοίτην	δῐαιρέοιμεν	δῐαιρέοιτε	δῐαιρέοιεν
	imperative		δῐαίρεε	δῐαιρεέτω	δῐαιρέετον	δῐαιρεέτων		δῐαιρέετε	δῐαιρεόντων
middle/ passive	indicative	δῐαιρέομαι	δῐαιρέῃ, δῐαιρέει	δῐαιρέεται	δῐαιρέεσθον	δῐαιρέεσθον	δῐαιρεόμεθᾰ	δῐαιρέεσθε	δῐαιρέονται
	subjunctive	δῐαιρέωμαι	δῐαιρέῃ	δῐαιρέηται	δῐαιρέησθον	δῐαιρέησθον	δῐαιρεώμεθᾰ	δῐαιρέησθε	δῐαιρέωνται
	optative	δῐαιρεοίμην	δῐαιρέοιο	δῐαιρέοιτο	δῐαιρέοισθον	δῐαιρεοίσθην	δῐαιρεοίμεθᾰ	δῐαιρέοισθε	δῐαιρέοιντο
	imperative		δῐαιρέου	δῐαιρεέσθω	δῐαιρέεσθον	δῐαιρεέσθων		δῐαιρέεσθε	δῐαιρεέσθων
		active				middle/passive
infinitive		δῐαιρέειν				δῐαιρέεσθαι
participle	m	δῐαιρέων				δῐαιρεόμενος
	f	δῐαιρέουσᾰ				δῐαιρεομένη
	n	δῐαιρέον				δῐαιρεόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Present: δῐαιρῶ, δῐαιροῦμαι (Contracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	δῐαιρῶ	δῐαιρεῖς	δῐαιρεῖ	δῐαιρεῖτον	δῐαιρεῖτον	δῐαιροῦμεν	δῐαιρεῖτε	δῐαιροῦσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	δῐαιρῶ	δῐαιρῇς	δῐαιρῇ	δῐαιρῆτον	δῐαιρῆτον	δῐαιρῶμεν	δῐαιρῆτε	δῐαιρῶσῐ(ν)
	optative	δῐαιροίην, δῐαιροῖμῐ	δῐαιροίης, δῐαιροῖς	δῐαιροίη, δῐαιροῖ	δῐαιροῖτον, δῐαιροίητον	δῐαιροίτην, δῐαιροιήτην	δῐαιροῖμεν, δῐαιροίημεν	δῐαιροῖτε, δῐαιροίητε	δῐαιροῖεν, δῐαιροίησᾰν
	imperative		δῐαίρει	δῐαιρείτω	δῐαιρεῖτον	δῐαιρείτων		δῐαιρεῖτε	δῐαιρούντων
middle/ passive	indicative	δῐαιροῦμαι	δῐαιρεῖ, δῐαιρῇ	δῐαιρεῖται	δῐαιρεῖσθον	δῐαιρεῖσθον	δῐαιρούμεθᾰ	δῐαιρεῖσθε	δῐαιροῦνται
	subjunctive	δῐαιρῶμαι	δῐαιρῇ	δῐαιρῆται	δῐαιρῆσθον	δῐαιρῆσθον	δῐαιρώμεθᾰ	δῐαιρῆσθε	δῐαιρῶνται
	optative	δῐαιροίμην	δῐαιροῖο	δῐαιροῖτο	δῐαιροῖσθον	δῐαιροίσθην	δῐαιροίμεθᾰ	δῐαιροῖσθε	δῐαιροῖντο
	imperative		δῐαιροῦ	δῐαιρείσθω	δῐαιρεῖσθον	δῐαιρείσθων		δῐαιρεῖσθε	δῐαιρείσθων
		active				middle/passive
infinitive		δῐαιρεῖν				δῐαιρεῖσθαι
participle	m	δῐαιρῶν				δῐαιρούμενος
	f	δῐαιροῦσᾰ				δῐαιρουμένη
	n	δῐαιροῦν				δῐαιρούμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Present: δῐαιρέω, δῐαιρέομαι (Doric, contracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	δῐαιρέω	δῐαιρεῖς	δῐαιρεῖ	δῐαιρεῖτον	δῐαιρεῖτον	δῐαιρέομες	δῐαιρεῖτε	δῐαιρέοντῐ
	subjunctive	δῐαιρέω	δῐαιρῇς	δῐαιρῇ	δῐαιρῆτον	δῐαιρῆτον	δῐαιρέωμες	δῐαιρῆτε	δῐαιρέωντῐ
	optative	δῐαιρέοιμι	δῐαιρέοις	δῐαιρέοι	δῐαιρέοιτον	δῐαιρεοίτᾱν	δῐαιρέοιμες	δῐαιρέοιτε	δῐαιρέοιεν
	imperative		δῐαίρει	δῐαιρείτω	δῐαιρεῖτον	δῐαιρείτων		δῐαιρεῖτε	δῐαιρεόντω
middle/ passive	indicative	δῐαιρέομαι	δῐαιρῇ	δῐαιρεῖται	δῐαιρεῖσθον	δῐαιρεῖσθον	δῐαιρεόμεθᾰ	δῐαιρεῖσθε	δῐαιρέονται
	subjunctive	δῐαιρέωμαι	δῐαιρῇ	δῐαιρῆται	δῐαιρῆσθον	δῐαιρῆσθον	δῐαιρεώμεθᾰ	δῐαιρῆσθε	δῐαιρέωνται
	optative	δῐαιρεοίμᾱν	δῐαιρέοιο	δῐαιρέοιτο	δῐαιρέοισθον	δῐαιρεοίσθᾱν	δῐαιρεοίμεθᾰ	δῐαιρέοισθε	δῐαιρέοιντο
	imperative		δῐαιρέου	δῐαιρείσθω	δῐαιρεῖσθον	δῐαιρείσθων		δῐαιρεῖσθε	δῐαιρείσθων
		active				middle/passive
infinitive		δῐαιρῆν				δῐαιρεῖσθαι
participle	m	δῐαιρέων				δῐαιρεόμενος
	f	δῐαιρέουσᾰ				δῐαιρεομένᾱ
	n	δῐαιρέον				δῐαιρεόμενον
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Imperfect: δῐῄρεον, δῐῃρεόμην (Uncontracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	δῐῄρεον	δῐῄρεες	δῐῄρεε(ν)	δῐῃρέετον	δῐῃρεέτην	δῐῃρέομεν	δῐῃρέετε	δῐῄρεον
middle/ passive	indicative	δῐῃρεόμην	δῐῃρέου	δῐῃρέετο	δῐῃρέεσθον	δῐῃρεέσθην	δῐῃρεόμεθᾰ	δῐῃρέεσθε	δῐῃρέοντο
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Imperfect: δῐῄρουν, δῐῃρούμην (Contracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	δῐῄρουν	δῐῄρεις	δῐῄρει	δῐῃρεῖτον	δῐῃρείτην	δῐῃροῦμεν	δῐῃρεῖτε	δῐῄρουν
middle/ passive	indicative	δῐῃρούμην	δῐῃροῦ	δῐῃρεῖτο	δῐῃρεῖσθον	δῐῃρείσθην	δῐῃρούμεθᾰ	δῐῃρεῖσθε	δῐῃροῦντο
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Future: δῐαιρήσω, δῐαιρήσομαι

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	δῐαιρήσω	δῐαιρήσεις	δῐαιρήσει	δῐαιρήσετον	δῐαιρήσετον	δῐαιρήσομεν	δῐαιρήσετε	δῐαιρήσουσῐ(ν)
	optative	δῐαιρήσοιμῐ	δῐαιρήσοις	δῐαιρήσοι	δῐαιρήσοιτον	δῐαιρησοίτην	δῐαιρήσοιμεν	δῐαιρήσοιτε	δῐαιρήσοιεν
middle	indicative	δῐαιρήσομαι	δῐαιρήσῃ, δῐαιρήσει	δῐαιρήσεται	δῐαιρήσεσθον	δῐαιρήσεσθον	δῐαιρησόμεθᾰ	δῐαιρήσεσθε	δῐαιρήσονται
	optative	δῐαιρησοίμην	δῐαιρήσοιο	δῐαιρήσοιτο	δῐαιρήσοισθον	δῐαιρησοίσθην	δῐαιρησοίμεθᾰ	δῐαιρήσοισθε	δῐαιρήσοιντο
		active			middle
infinitive		δῐαιρήσειν			δῐαιρήσεσθαι
participle	m	δῐαιρήσων			δῐαιρησόμενος
	f	δῐαιρήσουσᾰ			δῐαιρησομένη
	n	δῐαιρῆσον			δῐαιρησόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Future: δῐελοῦμαι (Koine, contracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle	indicative	δῐελοῦμαι	δῐελῇ	δῐελεῖται	δῐελεῖσθον	δῐελεῖσθον	δῐελούμεθᾰ	δῐελεῖσθε	δῐελοῦνται
	optative	δῐελοίμην	δῐελοῖο	δῐελοῖτο	δῐελοῖσθον	δῐελοίσθην	δῐελοίμεθᾰ	δῐελοῖσθε	δῐελοῖντο
					middle
infinitive					δῐελεῖσθαι
participle	m				δῐελούμενος
	f				δῐελουμένη
	n				δῐελούμενον

   Aorist: δῐεῖλον, δῐειλόμην

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	δῐεῖλον	δῐεῖλες	δῐεῖλε(ν)	δῐείλετον	δῐειλέτην	δῐείλομεν	δῐείλετε	δῐεῖλον
	subjunctive	δῐέλω	δῐέλῃς	δῐέλῃ	δῐέλητον	δῐέλητον	δῐέλωμεν	δῐέλητε	δῐέλωσῐ(ν)
	optative	δῐέλοιμῐ	δῐέλοις	δῐέλοι	δῐέλοιτον	δῐελοίτην	δῐέλοιμεν	δῐέλοιτε	δῐέλοιεν
	imperative		δῐ́ελε	δῐελέτω	δῐέλετον	δῐελέτων		δῐέλετε	δῐελόντων
middle	indicative	δῐειλόμην	δῐείλου	δῐείλετο	δῐείλεσθον	δῐειλέσθην	δῐειλόμεθᾰ	δῐείλεσθε	δῐείλοντο
	subjunctive	δῐέλωμαι	δῐέλῃ	δῐέληται	δῐέλησθον	δῐέλησθον	δῐελώμεθᾰ	δῐέλησθε	δῐέλωνται
	optative	δῐελοίμην	δῐέλοιο	δῐέλοιτο	δῐέλοισθον	δῐελοίσθην	δῐελοίμεθᾰ	δῐέλοισθε	δῐέλοιντο
	imperative		δῐελοῦ	δῐελέσθω	δῐέλεσθον	δῐελέσθων		δῐέλεσθε	δῐελέσθων
		active			middle
infinitive		δῐελεῖν			δῐελέσθαι
participle	m	δῐελών			δῐελόμενος
	f	δῐελοῦσᾰ			δῐελομένη
	n	δῐελόν			δῐελόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Aorist: δῐέλον, δῐελόμην (Epic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	δῐέλον	δῐέλες	δῐέλε(ν)	δῐέλετον	δῐελέτην	δῐέλομεν	δῐέλετε	δῐέλον
	subjunctive	δῐέλω, δῐέλωμῐ	δῐέλῃς, δῐέλῃσθᾰ	δῐέλῃ, δῐέλῃσῐ	δῐέλητον	δῐέλητον	δῐέλωμεν	δῐέλητε	δῐέλωσῐ(ν)
	optative	δῐέλοιμῐ	δῐέλοις/δῐέλοισθᾰ	δῐέλοι	δῐελεῖτον	δῐελείτην	δῐελεῖμεν	δῐελεῖτε	δῐελεῖεν
	imperative		δῐ́ελε	δῐελέτω	δῐέλετον	δῐελέτων		δῐέλετε	δῐελόντων
middle	indicative	δῐελόμην	δῐέλεο	δῐέλετο	δῐέλεσθον	δῐελέσθην	δῐελόμε(σ)θᾰ	δῐέλεσθε	δῐέλοντο
	subjunctive	δῐέλωμαι	δῐέληαι	δῐέληται	δῐέλησθον	δῐέλησθον	δῐελώμε(σ)θᾰ	δῐέλησθε	δῐέλωνται
	optative	δῐελοίμην	δῐέλοιο	δῐέλοιτο	δῐέλοισθον	δῐελοίσθην	δῐελοίμε(σ)θᾰ	δῐέλοισθε	δῐελοίᾰτο
	imperative		δῐέλεο	δῐελέσθω	δῐέλεσθον	δῐελέσθων		δῐέλεσθε	δῐελέσθων
		active			middle
infinitive		δῐελεῖν/δῐελέμεν(αι)			δῐελέσθαι
participle	m	δῐελών			δῐελόμενος
	f	δῐελοῦσᾰ			δῐελομένη
	n	δῐελόν			δῐελόμενον
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Aorist: δῐειλᾰ́μην (Koine)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle	indicative	δῐειλᾰ́μην	δῐείλω	δῐείλᾰτο	δῐείλᾰσθον	δῐειλᾰ́σθην	δῐειλᾰ́μεθᾰ	δῐείλᾰσθε	δῐείλᾰντο
	subjunctive	δῐελῶμαι	δῐελῇ	δῐελῆται	δῐελῆσθον	δῐελῆσθον	δῐελώμεθᾰ	δῐελῆσθε	δῐελῶνται
	optative	δῐελαίμην	δῐελαῖο	δῐελαῖτο	δῐελαῖσθον	δῐελαίσθην	δῐελαίμεθᾰ	δῐελαῖσθε	δῐελαῖντο
	imperative		δῐέλω	δῐελᾰ́σθω	δῐέλᾰσθον	δῐελᾰ́σθων		δῐέλᾰσθε	δῐελᾰ́σθων
					middle
infinitive					δῐέλᾰσθαι
participle	m				δῐελᾰ́μενος
	f				δῐελᾰμένη
	n				δῐελᾰ́μενον

   Aorist: δῐῄρησᾰ, δῐῃρησᾰ́μην, δῐῃρέθην

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	δῐῄρησᾰ	δῐῄρησᾰς	δῐῄρησε(ν)	δῐῃρήσᾰτον	δῐῃρησᾰ́την	δῐῃρήσᾰμεν	δῐῃρήσᾰτε	δῐῄρησᾰν
	subjunctive	δῐαιρήσω	δῐαιρήσῃς	δῐαιρήσῃ	δῐαιρήσητον	δῐαιρήσητον	δῐαιρήσωμεν	δῐαιρήσητε	δῐαιρήσωσῐ(ν)
	optative	δῐαιρήσαιμῐ	δῐαιρήσειᾰς, δῐαιρήσαις	δῐαιρήσειε(ν), δῐαιρήσαι	δῐαιρήσαιτον	δῐαιρησαίτην	δῐαιρήσαιμεν	δῐαιρήσαιτε	δῐαιρήσειᾰν, δῐαιρήσαιεν
	imperative		δῐαίρησον	δῐαιρησᾰ́τω	δῐαιρήσᾰτον	δῐαιρησᾰ́των		δῐαιρήσᾰτε	δῐαιρησᾰ́ντων
middle	indicative	δῐῃρησᾰ́μην	δῐῃρήσω	δῐῃρήσᾰτο	δῐῃρήσᾰσθον	δῐῃρησᾰ́σθην	δῐῃρησᾰ́μεθᾰ	δῐῃρήσᾰσθε	δῐῃρήσᾰντο
	subjunctive	δῐαιρήσωμαι	δῐαιρήσῃ	δῐαιρήσηται	δῐαιρήσησθον	δῐαιρήσησθον	δῐαιρησώμεθᾰ	δῐαιρήσησθε	δῐαιρήσωνται
	optative	δῐαιρησαίμην	δῐαιρήσαιο	δῐαιρήσαιτο	δῐαιρήσαισθον	δῐαιρησαίσθην	δῐαιρησαίμεθᾰ	δῐαιρήσαισθε	δῐαιρήσαιντο
	imperative		δῐαίρησαι	δῐαιρησᾰ́σθω	δῐαιρήσᾰσθον	δῐαιρησᾰ́σθων		δῐαιρήσᾰσθε	δῐαιρησᾰ́σθων
passive	indicative	δῐῃρέθην	δῐῃρέθης	δῐῃρέθη	δῐῃρέθητον	δῐῃρεθήτην	δῐῃρέθημεν	δῐῃρέθητε	δῐῃρέθησᾰν
	subjunctive	δῐαιρεθῶ	δῐαιρεθῇς	δῐαιρεθῇ	δῐαιρεθῆτον	δῐαιρεθῆτον	δῐαιρεθῶμεν	δῐαιρεθῆτε	δῐαιρεθῶσῐ(ν)
	optative	δῐαιρεθείην	δῐαιρεθείης	δῐαιρεθείη	δῐαιρεθεῖτον, δῐαιρεθείητον	δῐαιρεθείτην, δῐαιρεθειήτην	δῐαιρεθεῖμεν, δῐαιρεθείημεν	δῐαιρεθεῖτε, δῐαιρεθείητε	δῐαιρεθεῖεν, δῐαιρεθείησᾰν
	imperative		δῐαιρέθητῐ	δῐαιρεθήτω	δῐαιρέθητον	δῐαιρεθήτων		δῐαιρέθητε	δῐαιρεθέντων
		active			middle		passive
infinitive		δῐαιρῆσαι			δῐαιρήσᾰσθαι		δῐαιρεθῆναι
participle	m	δῐαιρήσᾱς			δῐαιρησᾰ́μενος		δῐαιρεθείς
	f	δῐαιρήσᾱσᾰ			δῐαιρησᾰμένη		δῐαιρεθεῖσᾰ
	n	δῐαιρῆσᾰν			δῐαιρησᾰ́μενον		δῐαιρεθέν
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Perfect: δῐῄρηκᾰ, δῐῄρημαι

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	δῐῄρηκᾰ	δῐῄρηκᾰς	δῐῄρηκε(ν)	δῐῃρήκᾰτον	δῐῃρήκᾰτον	δῐῃρήκᾰμεν	δῐῃρήκᾰτε	δῐῃρήκᾱσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	δῐῃρήκω	δῐῃρήκῃς	δῐῃρήκῃ	δῐῃρήκητον	δῐῃρήκητον	δῐῃρήκωμεν	δῐῃρήκητε	δῐῃρήκωσῐ(ν)
	optative	δῐῃρήκοιμῐ, δῐῃρηκοίην	δῐῃρήκοις, δῐῃρηκοίης	δῐῃρήκοι, δῐῃρηκοίη	δῐῃρήκοιτον	δῐῃρηκοίτην	δῐῃρήκοιμεν	δῐῃρήκοιτε	δῐῃρήκοιεν
	imperative		δῐῄρηκε	δῐῃρηκέτω	δῐῃρήκετον	δῐῃρηκέτων		δῐῃρήκετε	δῐῃρηκόντων
middle/ passive	indicative	δῐῄρημαι	δῐῄρησαι	δῐῄρηται	δῐῄρησθον	δῐῄρησθον	δῐῃρήμεθᾰ	δῐῄρησθε	δῐῄρηνται
	subjunctive	δῐῃρημένος ὦ	δῐῃρημένος ᾖς	δῐῃρημένος ᾖ	δῐῃρημένω ἦτον	δῐῃρημένω ἦτον	δῐῃρημένοι ὦμεν	δῐῃρημένοι ἦτε	δῐῃρημένοι ὦσῐ(ν)
	optative	δῐῃρημένος εἴην	δῐῃρημένος εἴης	δῐῃρημένος εἴη	δῐῃρημένω εἴητον/εἶτον	δῐῃρημένω εἰήτην/εἴτην	δῐῃρημένοι εἴημεν/εἶμεν	δῐῃρημένοι εἴητε/εἶτε	δῐῃρημένοι εἴησᾰν/εἶεν
	imperative		δῐῄρησο	δῐῃρήσθω	δῐῄρησθον	δῐῃρήσθων		δῐῄρησθε	δῐῃρήσθων
		active				middle/passive
infinitive		δῐῃρηκέναι				δῐῃρῆσθαι
participle	m	δῐῃρηκώς				δῐῃρημένος
	f	δῐῃρηκυῖᾰ				δῐῃρημένη
	n	δῐῃρηκός				δῐῃρημένον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Pluperfect: δῐῃρήκειν, δῐῃρήμην

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	δῐῃρήκειν, δῐῃρήκη	δῐῃρήκεις, δῐῃρήκης	δῐῃρήκει(ν)	δῐῃρήκετον	δῐῃρηκέτην	δῐῃρήκεμεν	δῐῃρήκετε	δῐῃρήκεσᾰν
middle/ passive	indicative	δῐῃρήμην	δῐῄρησο	δῐῄρητο	δῐῄρησθον	δῐῃρήσθην	δῐῃρήμεθᾰ	δῐῄρησθε	δῐῄρηντο
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Quotations

• 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Olympian Ode 10.57, (in the sense “separate out”):

  τὰν πολέμοιο δόσιν ἀκρόθινα διελὼν ἔθυε

  tàn polémoio dósin akróthina dielṑn éthue

Further reading

• “διαιρέω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “διαιρέω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• διαιρέω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• διαιρέω in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “διαιρέω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter