About Report a problem

Menu

διάφραγμα

διάφραγμα, a partition-wall, barrier

διάφραγμα, ατος, τό,
  • partition or barrier, Th. 1.133, Hero Spir. 1.8; στοᾶς Inscr.Prien. 99.19; lock in a canal, PPetr. 3 p.343 (iii B.C.), D.S. 1.33.
    • II muscle which divides the thorax from the abdomen, midriff, diaphragm, Pl. Ti. 70a, 84d, Gal. UP 4.14, etc.
        • b δ. [τοῦ μυκτῆρος] cartilage which divides the nostrils, Arist. HA 492b16, cf. Ruf. Onom. 34, Gal. 17(1).824.
        • c the velum palati, Hp. Epid. 2.2.24.
        • d septum lucidum of the brain, Gal. 2.719.

Saved

Recent