διΐστημι,
future διαστήσω, set apart, separate, τοὺς λόχους [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.74; κατ᾽ εἴδη 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 23d; διέστησεν [αὐτοὺς] εἰς μέρη πολλά 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.61; ζῶντας ἡμᾶς οὐθὲν ἀλλήλων διέστησε 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Antonius” 84 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, κίονες διεστάθησαν [[ 3rd c.BC(?): Callixinus Historicus 2. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__2 set one at variance with another, τινά τινος [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 41, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.77 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δ. τὴν Ἑλλάδα divide it into factions, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.2; δ. τοὺς πένητας ἀπὸ τῶν εὐπόρων 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 9.17. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 μέσας διαστήσας ἡμέρας δύο having left an interval of two days, [[ “epigram Gr.” 996.7, compare “BKT” 3.20. ] Refs]
__4 distinguish, τί τινος [[ 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 7.305d, compare 2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “περὶ αἰτιῶν καὶ σημείων ὀξέων παθῶν” 2.2. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__5 inflate, κενοὺς ἀσκούς [[ Demophilus Gnomologus “Sim.” 57. ] Refs]
__II more frequently in passive, with aorist 2, perfect, and pluperfect active:—stand apart, be divided, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad”, mostly in ] Refs 8th c.BC+]aorist 2, [[ 24.718, +others: once in _imperfect_ _middle_, θάλασσα διΐστατο] Refs] the sea made way, opened,[[ 13.29; διαστὰν γῆς βάθρον ] Refs]yawning wide, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1662; τὰ διεστεῶτα ὑπὸ σεισμοῦ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.129 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; διεστῶτα, opposed to ἡνωμένα, [[ 3rd c.BC: Chrysippus Stoicus 2.124, +others] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ἔτους διεστῶτος after an interval of a year, [[ “SIG” 344.119 (from Teos). ] Refs]