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διαφῠή

diaphue · ἡ

natural break, joint, suture

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Where it lives

Statesman 1 · 0.59/10k
Anabasis 1 · 0.18/10k

What it meant

διαφῠή · diaphyē — LSJ

natural break, joint, suture, distinction, dissepiment, joint, divisions, cleft

natural break, joint, suture, τὰ ὀστᾶ . . διαφυὰς ἔχει χωρὶς ἀπʼ ἀλλήλων Pl. Phd. 98c, cf. Philostr. VA 4.28; distinction, Pl. Plt. 259d; dissepiment, as in chestnuts, X. An. 5.4.29, cf. Plu. Cic. 1; joint in reeds or grasses, Longus 1.10; divisions between the teeth, Plu. Pyrrh. 3; cleft in rocks, D.S. 5.22.

II stratum, vein

stratum or vein of earth, stone, metal, Thphr. Lap. 63; δ. καὶ φλέβες D.S. 3.12.

III string-basket

string-basket, PRyl. 97.7 (ii B.C.).

In the wild

διαφυὴν · diaphyēn Plato, Statesman 259
διαφυὴν · diaphyēn Xenophon, Anabasis 5.4.29 (DIORISIS sentence 2260)

Where it came from

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