διαιρετικός

A. logically distinguishable, Pl. Sph. 226c.

2. able to divide, separative, Arist. Pr. 884b35; δ. δύναμις Plu. 2.1026d, cf. 952b.

3. given to resolving diphthongs, ‐κώτατοι οἱ Ἴωνες A.D. Pron. 95.4.

4. suited for breaking up, λίθων Gal. 19.694.

II. in Logic, by means of division, ὅροι Arist. APo. 91b39; διαιρετική,ἡ, as a branch of Dialectic, Ammon. in APr. 7.31, cf. Iamb. Comm.Math. 20; δ. μέθοδος Gal. 10.115; δ. συλλογισμός disjunctive syllogism, with contradictory alternatives, Stoic. 2.87. Adv. ‐κῶς Plu. 2.802f.

III. Rhet., concerned with distribution under heads, τέχνη Hermog. Inv. 3.4, cf. Stat. 6, Lib. Decl. 49 Intr. 2.