διαίρω

A. διῆρα D.H. 1.35:—raise up, lift up, δ. ἄνω τὸν αὐχένα X. Eq. 10.3: metaph., exaggerate, τὰ πράγματα Ph. 2.575:—Med., rise, become prominent, of the breasts, Hp. Gland. 16; lift up oneself, πρὸς τὴν τῶν ὅλων θέαν Arist. Mu. 391a3: c. acc., lift up what is one's own, δ. τὴν βακτηρίαν Plu. Lys. 15; τοὺς ἄκοντας Luc. Tox. 40; τόσον δ. take so much on oneself, dub. l. in Pl. Ax. 370b:—Pass., δ. πρός, εἰς ὕψος, Ph. 2.510, 619: metaph., πρὸς ἀλαζονείαν Plu. 2. 116e.

II. separate, remove, τὸν πόλεμον ἀπό . . Plu. Ages. 15:— Med., διαράμενος (sc. τοὺς πόδας) with long strides, Thphr. Char. 3.6.

2. δ. τὸ στόμα open one's mouth, D. 19.112,207: hence Rhet., διηρμένος lofty, sublime, D.H. Rh. 6.6, Vett.Cens. 5.3, Longin. 2.2, Hermog. Id. 2.9; λέξις ib.1.1; ποιητική Luc. Hist.Conscr. 45.

III. intr. (sc. ἑαυτόν, etc.), lift oneself over, cross, τὸ πέλαγος, of swans, Arist. Fr. 344; τὸν πόρον Plb. 1.37.1; εἰς Σαρδόνα ib.24.5, etc.; τὴν ἀκτήν D.H. l.c.