διαφορός
diaphoros

Greek adjective

Last edited: 2025-02-03
Primary meaning of difference
Literal translation different
Variants
διαφορός diaphoros
Edited by
of difference subtractive quantity

προσθήσομ(εν) ὡς ἔ- φην [τ]ὰ δ(ια)φορὰ ἑξηκοστὰ τοῖς ἀν[ωμ]αλοῖς

‘we add as I said(?) the sixtieths of difference to the non-uniform (day-and-nights)’

— P. Oxy. LXI 4142 Fr. 3, col. i, l. 6-8

Genre: mathematical astronomy: procedure text
Provenance: Oxyrhynchus

Jones, A. (ed.), 1999. Astronomical papyri from Oxyrhynchus (P. Oxy. 4133-4300a), Volumes I and II. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society. II: 32-33

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). διαφορός (Lemma #2696). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2696/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). διαφορός (Lemma #2696). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2696/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). διαφορός (Lemma #2696). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2696/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2025) διαφορός (Lemma #2696), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2696/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2696,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2025},
	title = {διαφορός ({Lemma} #2696)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2696/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2696/},
}