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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/
Adverb
δῐᾰφερόντως • (diapheróntōs)
- differently
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.
- 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.
- eminently, especially