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διαστέλλω

diastello

put asunder, expand, separate

Appears 3 times across Plato's dialogues.

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διαστέλλω, A. put asunder, expand, separate, συνεσταλμένα δ. Hp. Off. 11; τὸν ἀέρα ταῖς πτέρυξιν Arist. IA 713a12; τινὰς ξίφει J. BJ 5.2.2; δ. τι ταῖς ὄνυξι to tear it open, Plu. Thes. 36:—Pass., to be dilated, of the lungs or heart, Arist. Aud. 800b2, Gal. 2.657, al.; διασταλέντα τὰ ὑγρά being dispersed, Arist. Pr. 891a2; διασταλήτω πᾶσα σκοτία let all darkness be dispelled, PMag.Par. 1.2472. 2. divide, δίχα Pl. Plt. 265e; distinguish, τοὺς Τρῶας τῶν Δαρδάνων Sch.Il.Oxy. 1086.115; τῷ τόνῳ POxy. 1012Fr. 16.5 (Pass.). b. define precisely, τὰ λεγόμενα Pl. Euthd. 295d, cf. Arist. Top. 134b22, Phld. Rh. 1.50S.; intr., ὅρασις διαστέλλουσα distinct vision, LXX 1 Ki. 3.1; also, to be distinctive, opp. ἀπόλυτον εἶναι, A.D. Pron. 39.1:—Med., δ. περί τινος Arist. Pol. 1268b32, Phld. D. 3Fr. 8: c. acc., Pl. R. 535b:—Pass., διεσταλμένος definite, determinate, A.D. Synt. 37.7, al. 3. command expressly, give express orders, ῥητῶς ὑπέρ τινος Plb. 3.23.5; ἐπιτακτικῶς δ. περί τινων D.S. 28.15:—Med., LXXJd. 1.19, al., PHal. 7.6 (iii B. C.), Ev.Marc. 5.43, etc. 4. pronounce, χείλεσι LXXLe. 5.4. 5. give orders in writing, UPZ 111.6 (ii B.C.):—more freq. in Med., ib.11.23(ii B.C.), al. 6. pay, render, esp. in kind, POxy. 88.5 (ii A. D.), al.; make an order for payment, Ostr. 1164 (ii/iii A. D.); discharge a vow, LXXLe. 22.21. 7. set apart, τινὰ ἑαυτῷ ib.3 Ki. 8.53; τὴν ἱερὰν γῆν PRev.Laws 36.7 (iii B.C.), cf. PTeb. 74.2 (ii B.C.). II. intr., differ, πρός τινα Plb. 18.47.11.
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