διάκρισις
diakrisis
separation, dissolution
Appears 32 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
διάκρισις, εως, ἡ, A. separation, dissolution, opp. σύγκρισις, 58, 10, Sph. 243b, al.; segregation, τῶν ἡμαρτηκότων BJ 2.14.8; discrimination, καλοῦ τε καὶ κακοῦ Ep.Hebr. 5.14; πνευμάτων 1 Ep.Cor. 12.10; differentiation, Pr. 1. 2. in concrete sense, resolved form, ἡ ἀτμὶς ὕδατος δ. ἐστιν Mete. 340b3, 341b15. II. decision, determination, Lg. 765a, Cyr. 8.2.27, 4.1169; judicial decision, 2.476.9 (i A.D.): metaph., Ep.Rom. 14.1 (pl.); interpretation of dreams or omens, 2.55, 1.34.5; δ. σημειώσεως medical diagnosis, 2.23: but in pl., αἱ ἐκ νούσων δ. determinations, crises, Genit. 3. 2. examination or revision of accounts, δ. πρακτόρων Wilcken Chr. 41 iii6(iii A.D.). III. decision by battle, τάξεων πρὸς ἀλλήλους 18.28.3; quarrel, dispute, Ep. 1p.29U., 109, Milet. 3.149.39. IV. in Cyn. 4.1, space between the eyes in dogs. V. separation of tumour from bloodvessels, ap. 45.2.9. 2. secretion, οὔρων SA 1.9, cf. 6.382. VI. a bandage, 18(1).777.
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