diffĕrentĭa (noun F) : differo
* A difference, diversity (cf.: discrepantia, distantia, discrimen, diversitas, variatio—good prose, esp. freq. in Quint.).
* With gen.: honesti et decori,Cic. Off. 1, 27, 94: naturarum,id. ib. 1, 31, 112: morum,Petr. 84, 1: personarum, locorum temporumque,Quint. 12, 10, 70: nostri Graecique sermonis,id. 9, 4, 146 et saep.—In plur.: Graeci sermonis,Quint. 11, 2, 50.
* Esp. a species: genus est notio ad pluris differentias pertinens,Cic. Top. 7, 31; cf.: definitionem omnem ex genere et differentia consistere,Gell. 4, 1, 10.
* Absol.: ut facies infinitam habet differentiam,Quint. 11, 3, 18; so id. 9, 4, 45.

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