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διάτᾰσις

diatasis · ἡ

tension, dilatation

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διάτᾰσις · diatasis — LSJ

tension, dilatation, power of dilatation

tension, dilatation, ἔχειν δ. to have the power of dilatation, Arist. PA 664a33 (v.l.); κεφαλῆς διατάσεις καὶ ἰλίγγους Pl. R. 407c (prob.).

2 extension

extension, of a fractured or dislocated limb, Hp. Off. 15, cf. Heliod. ap. Orib. 49.8.33; σπαρτῶν Alciphr. 2.4.

3 stretching across, diaphragm, obstruction

stretching across: hence Medic., δ. φρενῶν diaphragm, Hp. VM 22; δ. alone, Id. Coac. 394; also of vaginal obstruction, Paul.Aeg. 6.72.

II tension, exertion

tension, exertion, πνεύματος Thphr. Sud. 32; of athletes and the like, Arist. Pr. 885b23, IA 705a18; διατάσεις καὶ κλαυθμοί, of infants, Id. Pol. 1336a34: metaph., ἡ εὔνοια . . οὐκ ἔχει δ. Id. EN 1166b33; ἐν δ. γενομένης τῆς ψυχῆς Plu. Cor. 21; ἡ πρὸς τὸν ἥλιον δ., of plants, Iamb. Protr. 21.ληʹ.

2 contention, quarrel

contention, quarrel, εἰς μεγάλην ἐλθεῖν δ. πρός τινα D.S. 38/9.2 (s.v.l.).

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