διάβᾰσις, εως, ἡ,
crossing over, passage, δ. ποιεῖσθαι [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.186, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; act of crossing, αἱ δ. τῶν ὀχετῶν διασπῶσι τὰς φάλαγγας [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1303b12. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 means or place of crossing, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.205; δ. ποταμῶν ] Refs 5th c.BC+]fords, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.74, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.5.12, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; bridge, [[[prev. work] 2.3.10 ] Refs]; passage along a ship's deck, gangway, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιστολαί” 14, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cimon” 12 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ferry-boat, [[ LXX.2Ki.19.18. ] LXX]
__II the Jewish Passover, [[ 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.117. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__III ἡ τῶν ὡρῶν δ. transition of the seasons, [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 9.46. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__IV in Grammars, transitive force of Verbs, τὰ ἐν δ. τοῦ προσώπου ῥήματα [[ 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 202.7, +others ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__V in Rhet. of intervals or pauses in pronunciation caused by long syllables and the like, ῥυθμοὶ πλείστην ἔχοντες δ. [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 20; compare διαβαίνω 1. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]