parting, separation
διά-στᾰσις,εως,ἡ, (διί̈στημι)
A. parting, separation(opp.ἕνωσις,
Dam. Pr. 273 ), ὀρέων
Hdt. 7.129
; ὀστέων
Hp. Art. 20
, cf. Gal. 19.461 ; φάραγγες καὶ δ. τῆς γῆς fissures,
Arist. Mete. 350b36
;breachin a barrier, Ph. Bel. 98.31 ;opening,
τῆς γένυος
Aret. CD 1.3
.
b. κεφαλῆς δ. splitting headache,ibid. (pl.),v.l. in
Pl. R. 407c .
c. distension,
Arist. PA 681b24 ; φλεβῶν
Aret. SA 2.2
.
d. δ. κενεή retching,ib. 2.7 .
e.
= διαστολή , of the pulse, Zenoap. Gal. 8.736 .
f. expansionof air, opp.πίλησις,
Ph. Bel. 77.23 .
2. setting at variance,
τοῖς νέοις ἐς τοὺς πρεσβυτέρους
Th. 6.18
, cf. Plu. Cor. 16 ;cause of breach,
Arist. Pol. 1303b15 .
b. contrasting,
Pl. R. 360e .
3. difference, contrast,
Arist. Cael. 312a13 .
4. disagreement,
δ. ἢ στάσις
Pl. Lg. 744d
, cf. Arist. Pol. 1296a8 , 1300b37 .
5. divorce,
Plu. Aem. 5 , etc.
II. Gramm., of vowels,διαίρεσις κατὰ διάστασιν(as inπάϊς) A.D. Pron. 87.4 .
b. τὰ κατὰ δ.formswritten as two words,e.g.ἐμέθεν αὐτῆςib. 114.11 .
III. interval,
Pl. Ti. 36a , etc.; in Music, Aristox. Harm. p.4 M., al.; of space,extension,
Arist. Top. 142b5 , al.;dimension,
τὰς αὐτὰς διαστάσεις εἰς βάθος εἰληφός
Epicur. Nat. 2.7
, cf. Gal. 11.503 , S.E. M. 3.19 ; ἡ δ. ἡ τριχῇ tridimensionality,
Plot. 1.2.6
, cf. 6.6.17 , Porph. Sent. 35 , Dam. Pr. 375 .
IV.
= διακόσμησις , Antipho Soph. 23 . (Freq. confused withδιάτασις,wh. shd. perh. be read in 1.1 .b,c,d.)
