διαστέλλω,
put asunder, expand, separate, συνεσταλμένα δ. [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Off.” 11; τὸν ἀέρα ταῖς πτέρυξιν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Incessu Animalium” 713a12; τινὰς ξίφει 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 5.2.2 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δ. τι ταῖς ὄνυξι to tear it open, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Theseus” 36 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]:—passive, to be dilated, of the lungs or heart, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Audibilibus” 800b2, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 2.657, +others; διασταλέντα τὰ ὑγρά ] Refs 4th c.BC+]being dispersed, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 891a2 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; διασταλήτω πᾶσα σκοτία let all darkness be dispelled, [[ PMag.Par. 1.2472. ] Refs]
__2 divide, δίχα [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 265e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; distinguish, τοὺς Τρῶας τῶν Δαρδάνων [[Scholia 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” “Oxy.” 1086.115; τῷ τόνῳ “POxy.” 1012 “fragment” 16.5 (_passive_). ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__2.b define precisely, τὰ λεγόμενα [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 295d, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Topica” 134b22, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.50S.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; intransitive, ὅρασις διαστέλλουσα distinct vision, [[ LXX.1Ki.3.1 ] LXX]; also, to be distinctive, opposed to ἀπόλυτον εἶναι, [[ 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Pronominibus;” 39.1 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—middle, δ. περί τινος [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1268b32, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “D.” 3 “fragment” 8: with _accusative_, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 535b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, διεσταλμένος definite, determinate, [[ 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 37.7, +others ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]