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διά-δοσις

diadosis · ἡ

distribution

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Where it lives

Enneads 8 · 0.38/10k
Meditations 1 · 0.34/10k
Discourses 2 · 0.27/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2 · 0.19/10k

What it meant

διά-δοσις · dia-dosis — LSJ

distribution

distribution, D. 44.37; χώρας Plb. 2.23.1; ἀννώνης POxy. 1115.9 (iii A.D.): pl., IGRom. 3.739.

II evacuation, distribution

Medic., δ. οὔρων an evacuation, Hp. Epid. 3.4; ἡ τῆς τροφῆς δ. its distribution through the body, Arist. IA 705a32.

III exchange

exchange, μειδιαμάτων Plu. Sull. 35 (pl.).

IV communication

communication, κινήσεως Epicur. Ep. 2p.48U.; δ. ἐκ θεῶν εἰς ἀνθρώπους Arr. Epict. 1.12.6; ταῖς ἀρίσταις διαδόσεσι κινεῖσθαι (of just men) Phld. Piet. 68, cf. M.Ant. 1.17.6 (pl.); ἐκ -δόσεως τῆς ἁφῆς γινώσκειν τι Heliod. ap. Orib. 44.23.59: Astrol., of celestial influence, Ptol. Tetr. 5 (pl.), 105.

In the wild

διαδόσεως · diadoseōs Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 10.1 (DIORISIS sentence 9117)
διάδοσιν · diadosin Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 10.1 (DIORISIS sentence 9114)
διάδοσις · diadosis Epictetus, Discourses 1.12 (DIORISIS sentence 647)
διάδοσιν · diadosin Epictetus, Discourses 1.14 (DIORISIS sentence 745)
διαδόσεσι · diadosesi Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 1.17.6 (DIORISIS sentence 107)
διαδόσει · diadosei Plotinus, Enneads 4.2 (DIORISIS sentence 2407)

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