διαφέρω fut. -οίσω fut. -οίσομαι aor1 -ήνεγκα Ionic -ήνεικα aor2 -ήνεγκον perf. -ενήνοχα to carry over or across, δ. ναῦς τὸν Ἰσθμόν Thuc.: to carry from one to another, κηρύγματα Eur.:—metaph., γλῶσσαν διοίσει will put the tongue in motion, will speak, Soph. of Time, δ. τὸν αἰῶνα, τὸν βίον to go through life, Hdt., Eur.; absol., ἄπαις διοίσει Eur.: —in Mid., διοίσεται will pass his life, Soph.; σκοπούμενος διοίσει Xen. to bear through, bear to the end, σκῆπτρα Eur., etc. to bear to the end, go through with, πόλεμον Hdt., Thuc.:— to endure, support, sustain, Lat. perferre, Soph., Eur. to carry different ways, to toss or cast about, Eur. to spread abroad, Dem. to tear asunder, Lat. differre, Aesch., Eur. δ. τὴν ψῆφον to give oneʼs vote a different way, i. e. against another, Hdt.: also simply, to give each man his vote, Eur., Thuc. intr. to differ, make a difference, Pind., Eur.: c. gen. to be different from, Eur., Ar. impers. διαφέρει, it makes a difference, πλεῖστον δ., Lat. multum interest, βραχὺ δ. it makes little difference, Eur.; οὐδὲν διαφέρει Plat.;—c. dat. pers., διαφέρει μοι it makes a difference to me, Plat.; αὐτῷ ἰδίᾳ τι δ. he has some private interest at stake, Thuc. τὸ δ., τὰ διαφέροντα, the difference, the odds, Thuc., etc.; but τὰ δ. also simply points of difference, Thuc. to be different from a man, i. e. to surpass, excel him, c. gen., Thuc., Plat.:—in a compar. sense, διέφερεν ἀλέξασθαι ἤ . . it was better to defend oneself than . . , Xen. to prevail, of a belief, Thuc. Pass. to differ, be at variance, περί τινος Hdt.; τινὶ περί τινος Thuc.: οὐ διαφέρομαι, οὔ μοι διαφέρει, Dem.