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διάστασις

διάστασις, a standing aloof, separation

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διαστάσι Noun: feminine dative singular of διάστασις

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διά-στᾰσις, εως, ἡ, (διΐστημι)
  • 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; breach in 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, Zeno ap. Gal. 8.736.
        • f expansion of 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 in πάϊς) A.D. Pron. 87.4.
        • b τὰ κατὰ δ. forms written as two words, e.g. ἐμέθεν αὐτῆς ib. 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 with διάτασις, wh. shd. perh. be read in I.1.b, c, d.)

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