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διοράω

διοράω, to see through, see clearly

διορ-άω, aor. 2 διεῖδον, inf. διϊδεῖν, (on the Homeric usage v. δια-είδω)
  • see through, see clearly, X. An. 5.2.30; δ. τὸ ἀληθές Pl. Prm. 136c, etc. —Pass., διειδομένη ἐν ὕδατι νῆσος Call. Del. 191; ἀτραπὸς . . διειδομένη πεδίοιο seen through or across the plain, A.R. 1.546.
    • II distinguish, see thoroughly, discern, τι Ar. Nu. 168, Pl. Phdr. 264c; λόγος οὐ ῥᾴδιος διϊδεῖν Id. Phd. 62bτοὺς . . κολακεύοντας καὶ τοὺς . . θεραπεύοντας Isoc. 2.28; τὰς φύσεις τῶν ἀνθρώπων Id. 3.16; πότε ὑπάρχει καὶ πότε οὔ, οὐ ῥᾴδιον διιδεῖν Arist. Mete. 390a20; δόξας διορᾶν Epicur. Nat. 15.24, cf. 11.8.

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