put asunder, expand, separate,
διαστέλλω,
A. put asunder, expand, separate,
συνεσταλμένα δ.
Hp.
Off. 11 ; τὸν ἀέρα ταῖς πτέρυξιν
Arist. IA 713a12
; τινὰς ξίφει
J. BJ 5.2.2
;δ. τι ταῖς ὄνυξι to tearitopen,
Plu. Thes. 36 :— Pass. ,to be dilated,of the lungs or heart, Arist. Aud. 800b2 , Gal. 2.657 , al.; διασταλέντα τὰ ὑγρά being dispersed,
Arist. Pr. 891a2
;διασταλήτω πᾶσα σκοτία letall darknessbe dispelled,
PMag.Par. 1.2472 .
2. divide,
δίχα
Pl. Plt. 265e
;distinguish, τοὺς Τρῶας τῶν ΔαρδάνωνSch. Il. Oxy. 1086.115 ; τῷ τόνῳ
POxy. 1012
Fr. 16.5 ( Pass. ).
b. define precisely,
τὰ λεγόμενα
Pl. Euthd. 295d
, cf. Arist. Top. 134b22 , Phld. Rh. 1.50S. ; intr.,ὅρασις διαστέλλουσα distinctvision, LXX 1 Ki. 3.1 ; also,to be distinctive,opp.ἀπόλυτον εἶναι,
A.D. Pron. 39.1 :— Med. , δ. περί τινος
Arist. Pol. 1268b32
, Phld. D. 3
Fr. 8 : c. acc., Pl. R. 535b :— Pass. , διεσταλμένος definite, determinate,
A.D. Synt. 37.7
, al.
3. command expressly, give express orders,
ῥητῶς ὑπέρ τινος
Plb. 3.23.5
; ἐπιτακτικῶς δ. περί τινων
D.S. 28.15
:— Med. , LXX Jd. 1.19 , al., PHal. 7.6
(iii B. C.), Ev.Marc. 5.43 , etc.
4. pronounce,
χείλεσι
LXX Le. 5.4
.
5. give orders in writing, UPZ 111.6
(ii B.C.):—more freq. in Med. , ib. 11.23
(ii B.C.), al.
6. pay, render,esp. in kind, POxy. 88.5
(ii A. D.), al.;make an order for payment,
Ostr. 1164
(ii/iii A. D.);dischargea vow, LXX Le. 22.21 .
7. set apart, τινὰ ἑαυτῷib. 3 Ki. 8.53 ; τὴν ἱερὰν γῆν
PRev.Laws 36.7
(iii B.C.), cf. PTeb. 74.2
(ii B.C.).
II. intr.,differ,
πρός τινα
Plb. 18.47.11
.
