variety

Greek Noun Female

δι-αίρεσις, -εως, ἡ (διαιρέω), [in LXX chiefly for מַחֲלֹקֶת;] 1) a distinction, diference. 2) a division, distribution: 1Co.12:4-6 (cf. διαιρέω; Cremer, 616). (AS)

variety

Greek Noun Female

διαίρ-εσις, εως, ἡ, divisibility, [Refs 4th c.BC+] 2) in Medicine texts, dissection, ζῴων [Refs 2nd c.AD+] 2.b) venesection, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] 2.c) surgical operation, [Refs 1st c.BC+] 2.d) plural, wounds, [Refs] II) dividing, distribution, of money, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of spoil, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν διαιρέσει [ψήφων] in the reckoning of the votes on either side, [Refs 4th c.BC+] III) distinction, ἀγνωσίας τε καὶ γνώσεως [Refs 5th c.BC+]; [τῆς δημοκρατίας καὶ τῆς ὀλιγαρχίας] [Refs 4th c.BC+] IV) in Logic, division of genus into species, τῶν γενῶν κατ᾽ εἴδη δ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to συναγωγαί, [Refs 5th c.BC+] IV.b) separation of subject and predicate, περὶ σύνθεσιν καὶ δ. ἐστι τὸ ψεῦδος καὶ τὸ ἀληθές [Refs 4th c.BC+] IV.2) ὁ παρὰ τὴν δ. [λόγος] the fallacy of division (compare σύνθεσις), [Refs] V) Rhet, division or distribution into heads, [Refs 1st c.AD+] VI) Grammars, resolution of a diphthong into two syllables, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of one word into two, κατὰ διαίρεσιν ἀναγνωστέον [Refs 1st c.BC+] VII) in Metric, division of a line at the close of a foot, diaeresis, [Refs 3rd c.AD+] VIII) in Mathematics texts, δ. λόγου transformation of a ratio dividendo, [Refs 3rd c.BC+] IX) division of troops, of the Roman cohors, [Refs 1st c.AD+]

Greek

Noun Feminine

a distinction or (concretely) variety; difference, diversity; from g1244 (διαιρέω)