διαφερόντως

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From διαφέρων (diaphérōn, present participle of διαφέρω (diaphérō)) +‎ -ως (-ōs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /di.a.pʰe.rón.tɔːs/ → /ði.a.ɸeˈron.tos/ → /ði.a.feˈron.dos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /di.a.pʰe.rón.tɔːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /di.a.pʰeˈron.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ði.a.ɸeˈron.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ði.a.feˈron.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ði.a.feˈron.dos/

Adverb

δῐᾰφερόντως • (dĭăpheróntōs)

1. differently [with genitive ‘from’]
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1.1098a:

     καὶ γὰρ τέκτων καὶ γεωμέτρης διαφερόντως ἐπιζητοῦσι τὴν ὀρθήν: ὃ μὲν γὰρ ἐφ᾽ ὅσον χρησίμη πρὸς τὸ ἔργον, ὃ δὲ τί ἐστιν ἢ ποῖόν τι: θεατὴς γὰρ τἀληθοῦς.

     kaì gàr téktōn kaì geōmétrēs diapheróntōs epizētoûsi tḕn orthḗn: hò mèn gàr eph’ hóson khrēsímē pròs tò érgon, hò dè tí estin ḕ poîón ti: theatḕs gàr talēthoûs.

     • 1926 translation by H. Rackham

       A carpenter and a geometrician both try to find a right angle, but in different ways; the former is content with that approximation to it which satisfies the purpose of his work; the latter, being a student of truth, seeks to find its essence or essential attributes.

2. eminently, especially