διαστολ-ή (diastole)

Where it lives

Romans 2 · 2.85/10k
1 Corinthians 1 · 1.48/10k
Numeri 2 · 0.87/10k
Machabaeorum I 1 · 0.57/10k
Exodus 1 · 0.42/10k

What it meant

διαστολ-ή · diastol-ē — LSJ

drawing asunder, dilatation, parting, utterance

drawing asunder, dilatation, of the lungs, Arist. Aud. 800a35; of the heart, Gal. 2.597; of the pulse, Id. 8.736, al.; δ. χειλέων parting of the lips, i.e. utterance, LXX Nu. 30.7.

b separation, notch, nick, boundary, fence, fencing off

separation, Thphr. CP 3.16.3; notch or nick, Plu. Cic. 1; boundary, fence, Tab.Heracl. 2.46; fencing off, τῆς γῆς PAmh. 2.40.25 (ii B. C.).

2 distinction, discrimination, detailed statement, explanation, specification, article

distinction, Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.158, LXX Ex. 8.23, Epicur. Nat. 28.7, Phld. Piet. 123, Ep.Rom. 3.22; ἁγίων καὶ βεβήλων Ph. 2.159; μετὰ διαστολῆς προενεχθέντα with discrimination, Demetr.Lac. 1014.48 F.; detailed statement or explanation, Plb. 1.15.6; ἀξίους μνήμης καὶ δ. Id. 16.14.2, cf. SIG 284.11 (Chios), Apollon.Cit. 3; specification of items in an account, PRyl. 65.17 (i B. C.); article in a contract, etc., PTheb.Bank 6.8, 7.7.

3 command, injunction, order

command, injunction, order, LXX Nu. 19.2, al., PTeb. 24.45 (ii B.C.), etc.

4 payment

payment, BGU 485.26, PTeb. 363.1 (ii A. D.).

II comma

Gramm., comma (as in ὅ, τι), D.T. 629.

b distinction

distinction, γενῶν A.D. Pron. 11.28, al.

c opposition

opposition, πρός τι ib. 41.24.

2 distinctness

in Music, distinctness, of notes, 1 Ep.Cor. 14.7.

In the wild

διαστολὴν · diastolēn New Testament, 1 Corinthians 14.7 (DIORISIS sentence 411)
διαστολὴ · diastolē New Testament, Romans 10.12 (DIORISIS sentence 285)
διαστολή · diastolē New Testament, Romans 3.21 (DIORISIS sentence 71)
διαστολὴν · diastolēn Septuaginta, Exodus 8
διαστολὴν · diastolēn Septuaginta, Machabaeorum I 8
διαστολὴ · diastolē Septuaginta, Numeri 19

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Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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