διάτασις
diatasis
tension, dilatation
Appears 4 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
διάτασις, εως, ἡ, A. tension, dilatation, ἔχειν δ. to have the power of dilatation, PA 664a33 (v.l.); κεφαλῆς διατάσεις καὶ ἰλίγγους R. 407c (prob.). 2. extension, of a fractured or dislocated limb, Off. 15, cf. ap. 49.8.33; σπαρτῶν 2.4. 3. stretching across: hence Medic., δ. φρενῶν diaphragm, VM 22; δ. alone, Coac. 394; also of vaginal obstruction, 6.72. II. tension, exertion, πνεύματος Sud. 32; of athletes and the like, Pr. 885b23, IA 705a18; διατάσεις καὶ κλαυθμοί, of infants, Pol. 1336a34: metaph., ἡ εὔνοια . . οὐκ ἔχει δ. EN 1166b33; ἐν δ. γενομένης τῆς ψυχῆς Cor. 21; ἡ πρὸς τὸν ἥλιον δ., of plants, Protr. 21.λή. 2. contention, quarrel, εἰς μεγάλην ἐλθεῖν δ. πρός τινα 38/9.2(s.v.l.).
Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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