Διαφέρεσθαι

to differ

Translated by William Hutton27 Jan 2004Vetting: high5 revisions

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[Meaning] to quarrel, to be competitive.¹
"So a comrade dog, thinking that this man was differing with her over some piece of food that happened to have fallen nearby, though he was idly playing with her, [...]; but she grew angry [...]."²

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Διαφέρεσθαι· ἐρίζειν, φιλονεικεῖν. τοῦτον οὖν ὁμόδουλος κύων ὑπέρ τινος παραπεσόντος ἐδέσματος οἰηθεῖσά οἱ διαφέρεσθαι, προσπαίζοντος ἄλλως, ἡ δὲ ἠγανάκτησεν.

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Διαφέρεσθαι · to differ (δ 814) · Suda

*diafe/resqai: e)ri/zein, filoneikei=n. tou=ton ou)=n o(mo/doulos ku/wn u(pe/r tinos parapeso/ntos e)de/smatos oi)hqei=sa/ oi( diafe/resqai, prospai/zontos a)/llws, h( de\ h)gana/kthsen.

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