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διάληψις

dialepsis · ἡ

grasping with both hands

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What it meant

διάληψις · dialēpsis — LSJ

grasping with both hands, thrusting

grasping with both hands: ἐκ διαλήψεως, opp. ἐκ καταφορᾶς, as thrusting to cutting, Plb. 2.33.6.

2 power of holding, capacity

ἡ δ. τῆς χώρας power of holding, capacity, D.S. 3.37.

3 containing, storage

containing, storage, PPetr. 3p.141 (iii B. C.).

II separating, distinguishing, separately

separating or distinguishing in thought, Epicur. Ep. 1p.13U., Phld. D. 3.8; κατὰ διάληψιν separately, Id. Ir. p.76 W., Rh. 1.91 S.

III judgement, opinion

judgement, opinion, Epicur. Nat. 28.7; ἡ περὶ θεῶν δ. Plb. 6.56.6; αἱ ὑπὲρ τῶν ἐν Ἅιδου δ. ib. 12, cf. LXX 2 Ma. 3.32; ἐγέννησε τὴν περὶ αὑτοῦ δ. ὡς . . D.S. 18.54: esp. in good sense, τῆς προαιρέσεως ἐπʼ ἀγαθῷ τὴν δ. ἐχούσης Inscr.Prien. 117.60 (i B.C.); ἀρετὴ καὶ δ. BCH 37.125 (Abdera, ii B. C.).

2 sentence, punishment

sentence, punishment, ἐνέχεσθαι ἱεροσυλίᾳ καὶ πίπτειν ὑπὸ πικροτέραν δ. Annales du Service 19.40, cf. 42 (Egypt, i B.C.).

IV division, distinction, points of division, ramification, divisions

division, Porph. Sent. 36 (pl.); distinction of parts, Arist. IA 705a25: pl., points of division or ramification, Id. PA 647b2; of the divisions of the vertebrae, ib. 652a17.

2 interval

interval, = διάλειμμα, v.l. in Aret. SD 1.12.

V digression

digression in a narrative, Iamb.Bab. 17.

Where it came from

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