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διαστολή

διαστολή, a notch

διαστολ-ή, ἡ, (διαστέλλω)
  • drawing asunder, dilatation, of the lungs, Arist. Aud. 800a35; of the heart, Gal. 2.597; of the pulse, Id. 8.736, al.; δ. χειλέων parting of the lips, i.e. utterance, LXX Nu. 30.7.
        • b separation, Thphr. CP 3.16.3; notch or nick, Plu. Cic. 1; boundary, fence, Tab.Heracl. 2.46; fencing off, τῆς γῆς PAmh. 2.40.25 (ii B. C.).
      • 2 distinction, Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.158, LXX Ex. 8.23, Epicur. Nat. 28.7, Phld. Piet. 123, Ep.Rom. 3.22; ἁγίων καὶ βεβήλων Ph. 2.159; μετὰ διαστολῆς προενεχθέντα with discrimination, Demetr.Lac. 1014.48 F.; detailed statement or explanation, Plb. 1.15.6; ἀξίους μνήμης καὶ δ. Id. 16.14.2, cf. SIG 284.11 (Chios), Apollon.Cit. 3; specification of items in an account, PRyl. 65.17 (i B. C.); article in a contract, etc., PTheb.Bank 6.8, 7.7.
      • 3 command, injunction, order, LXX Nu. 19.2, al., PTeb. 24.45 (ii B.C.), etc.
      • 4 payment, BGU 485.26, PTeb. 363.1 (ii A. D.).
    • II Gramm., comma (as in ὅ, τι), D.T. 629.
        • b distinction, γενῶν A.D. Pron. 11.28, al.
        • c opposition, πρός τι ib. 41.24.
      • 2 in Music, distinctness, of notes, 1 Ep.Cor. 14.7.

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