διάστασις

diastasis

parting, separation

Appears 34 times across Aristotle's works.

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On the Heavens 6
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Book I 2
Chapter 1 268a1–268b10

268b6

Chapter 7 274a30–276a17

274b20
Book II 3
Chapter 2 284b6–286a2

284b23
285b33

Chapter 6 288a13–289a10

288b10
Book IV 1
Chapter 4 311a15–312a21

312a13
Politics 5
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Book IV 2
Chapter 11 1295a25–1296b12

1296a8

Chapter 16 1300b13–1301a15

1300b37
Book V 2
Chapter 3 1302b5–1303b16

1303b14
1303b15
Book VI 1
Chapter 7 1321a5–1321b3

1321a19
Physics 4
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Book III 3
Chapter 3 202a13–202b29

202b17

Chapter 5 204a8–206a8

204b20
206a6
Book IV 1
Chapter 1 208a27–209a30

208b14
Topics 4
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Book VI 4
Chapter 5 142b20–143a28

142b25
142b26

Chapter 6 143a29–145b33

145b2
145b13
Progression of Animals 3
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Chapter 2 704b12–705a2

704b18
704b19
Chapter 4 705a26–706a25

705a26
De Audibilibus 2
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Chapter 1 800a1–804b39

801a3
804b13
Parts of Animals 2
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Book III 1
Chapter 7 669b13–670b31

669b18
Book IV 1
Chapter 5 678a27–682a34

681b25
Categories 1
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Chapter 6 4b20–6a35

6a15
De Anima 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 9 432a15–433a8

432a28
Nicomachean Ethics 1
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Book IX 1
Chapter 3 1165a36–1165b36

1165b25
Generation of Animals 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 4 737b8–741a5

738b37
History of Animals 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 16 494b19–496a3

495a34
De Lineis Insecabilibus 1
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Chapter 1 968a1–972b33

971b2
Metaphysics 1
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Book Κ 1
Chapter 10 1066a35–1067a37

1066b32
Meteorology 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 13 349a12–351a18

350b36

Dictionary (LSJ)

διάστασις, εως, ἡ, (διΐστημι) A. 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 1.1.b,c,d.)

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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