grasping with both hands
διάληψις, laterδιάλημψις, in Doricized formδιάλᾱμψις(q.v.),εως,ἡ, (διαλαμβάνω)
A. grasping with both hands:ἐκ διαλήψεως,opp.ἐκ καταφορᾶς,asthrustingto cutting, Plb. 2.33.6 .
2.
ἡ δ. τῆς χώρας power of holding, capacity,
D.S. 3.37
.
3. containing, storage,
PPetr. 3p.141
(iii B. C.).
II. separatingordistinguishingin thought, Epicur. Ep. 1p.13U. , Phld. D. 3.8 ; κατὰ διάληψιν separately,
Id. Ir. p.76
W., Rh. 1.91
S.
III. judgement, opinion,
Epicur. Nat. 28.7 ; ἡ περὶ θεῶν δ.
Plb. 6.56.6
;αἱ ὑπὲρ τῶν ἐν Ἅιδου δ.ib. 12 , cf. LXX 2 Ma. 3.32 ; ἐγέννησε τὴν περὶ αὑτοῦ δ. ὡς . .
D.S. 18.54
: esp. in good sense, τῆς προαιρέσεως ἐπ' ἀγαθῷ τὴν δ. ἐχούσης
Inscr.Prien. 117.60
(i B.C.); ἀρετὴ καὶ δ.
BCH 37.125
(Abdera,ii B. C.).
2. sentence, punishment,
ἐνέχεσθαι ἱεροσυλίᾳ καὶ πίπτειν ὑπὸ πικροτέραν δ.
Annales du Service 19.40
, cf. 42 (Egypt,i B.C.).
IV. division,
Porph. Sent. 36 (pl.);distinctionof parts, Arist. IA 705a25 : pl.,points of divisionorramification,
Id. PA 647b2 ; of thedivisionsof the vertebrae, ib. 652a17 .
2. interval,
= διάλειμμα ,v.l. in
Aret. SD 1.12 .
V. digressionin a narrative, Iamb.Bab. 17 .
