διάβᾰσις · diabasis — LSJ
crossing over, passage, act of crossing
crossing over, passage, δ. ποιεῖσθαι Hdt. 1.186, etc.; act of crossing, αἱ δ. τῶν ὀχετῶν διασπῶσι τὰς φάλαγγας Arist. Pol. 1303b12.
2 means, place of crossing, fords, bridge, passage along a shipʼs deck, gangway, ferry-boat
means or place of crossing, Hdt. 1.205; δ. ποταμῶν fords, Th. 7.74, cf. X. An. 1.5.12, etc.; bridge, ib. 2.3.10; passage along a shipʼs deck, gangway, Hp. Ep. 14, Plu. Cim. 12; ferry-boat, LXX 2 Ki. 19.18.
II Passover
the Jewish Passover, Ph. 1.117.
III transition
ἡ τῶν ὡρῶν δ. transition of the seasons, Ael. NA 9.46.
IV transitive force
in Gramm., transitive force of Verbs, τὰ ἐν δ. τοῦ προσώπου ῥήματα A.D. Synt. 202.7, al.
V intervals, pauses
in Rhet. of intervals or pauses in pronunciation caused by long syllables and the like, ῥυθμοὶ πλείστην ἔχοντες δ. D.H. Comp. 20; cf. διαβαίνω I.