διέχω

diecho

keep apart

Appears 7 times across Aristotle's works.

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Parts of Animals 2
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Book II 1
Chapter 6 651b20–652a23

651b33
Book III 1
Chapter 4 665a27–667b9

665b32
Rhetoric 2
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Book III 2
Chapter 11 1411b22–1413b2

1412a13
1412a18
History of Animals 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 6 515b27–516a7

515b28
Metaphysics 1
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Book Κ 1
Chapter 6 1062b12–1063b35

1063a31
Meteorology 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 5 361b14–363a20

362b35

Dictionary (LSJ)

διέχω: I. trans., keep apart or separate, ὁ ποταμὸς δ. τὰ ῥέεθρα Hdt. 9.51; δ. τὴν φάλαγγα leave gaps in it, Arr. An. 1.1.10 (so abs., διασχεῖν make way for a person, Plu. TG 18); δ. τοὺς μαχομένους Id. Caes. 20; δ. τὰς χεῖρας spread them out, esp. for the purpose of parting combatants, Plb. 4.52.1; τὰς χεῖρας ἐν μέσῳ δ. Plu. Cim. 19; διασχοῦσα τὰς χεῖρας Id. Ant. 20: c. gen., τῆς ἐσθῆτος διασχών Id. Aem. 31. 2. hold fast, κόντους Paus. 10.25.2. II. intr., go through, hold its way, ἀντικρὺ δὲ διέσχε [ὀϊστός] Il. 5.100, 11.253; διʼ ὤμου δʼ ὄβριμον ἔγχος ἔσχεν 13.520; διά τινος δ. Arist. HA 496b31; extend, reach, ἐς τὸν Ἀράβιον κόλπον Hdt. 4.42, cf. 7.122; ἀπὸ τῶν νεύρων πρὸς τὰς φλέβας Arist. HA 515b28. 2. stand apart, be separated, distant, ἑκὰς δ. Thgn. 970; ὅταν διάσχῃ τὰ κέρατα X. An. 3.4.20, cf. Th. 8.95 (v. l.); δ. πολὺ ἀπʼ ἀλλήλων Id. 2.81; δ. ἀλλήλων ὡς τεσσαράκοντα στάδια X. An. 1.10.4; διέχοντες πολὺ ᾖσαν they marched with broad intervals, Th. 3.22; ὁ Ἑλλήσποντος ταύτῃ σταδίους ὡς πεντήκοντα διεῖχε was about fifty stades wide at this point, X. HG 2.1.21. 3. of Time, παιδὸς δὲ βλάστας οὐ διέσχον ἡμέραι τρεῖς not three days parted the birth (sc. from what followed), S. OT 717. 4. of the earth, open, σεισμῷ Philostr. Her. 1.2; of a river, broaden out, Arr. An. 6.5.3. 5. differ, γέννῃ τε κρήσει τε Emp. 22.6, cf. Arist. Rh. 1412a12; οὐθὲν ἂν διέχοι φαγεῖν ἢ μὴ φαγεῖν Id. Metaph. 1063a31. b. excel, τόλμῃ καὶ προθυμίᾳ App. Pun. 132.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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