διίστημι (diistemi)

διΐστημι · diistēmi — LSJ

set apart, separate

set apart, separate, τοὺς λόχους Th. 4.74; κατʼ εἴδη Pl. Phlb. 23d; διέστησεν [αὐτοὺς] εἰς μέρη πολλά D. 18.61; ζῶντας ἡμᾶς οὐθὲν ἀλλήλων διέστησε Plu. Ant. 84:—Pass., κίονες διεστάθησαν Callix. 2.

2 set, at variance with, divide, into factions

set one at variance with another, τινά τινος Ar. V. 41, Th. 6.77; δ. τὴν Ἑλλάδα divide it into factions, Hdt. 9.2; δ. τοὺς πένητας ἀπὸ τῶν εὐπόρων D.H. 9.17.

3 having left an interval of

μέσας διαστήσας ἡμέρας δύο having left an interval of two days, Epigr.Gr. 996.7, cf. BKT 3.20.

4 distinguish

distinguish, τί τινος Ath. 7.305d, cf. Aret. SA 2.2.

5 inflate

inflate, κενοὺς ἀσκούς Demoph. Sim. 57.

II stand apart, be divided, made way, opened, yawning wide, after an interval of

more freq. in Pass., with aor. 2, pf., and plpf. Act.:—stand apart, be divided, Il., mostly in aor. 2, 24.718, al.: once in impf. Med., θάλασσα διΐστατο the sea made way, opened, 13.29; διαστὰν γῆς βάθρον yawning wide, S. OC 1662; τὰ διεστεῶτα ὑπὸ σεισμοῦ Hdt. 7.129; διεστῶτα, opp. ἡνωμένα, Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.124, al.; ἔτους διεστῶτος after an interval of a year, SIG 344.119 (Teos).

b stand with legs apart

stand with legs apart, Luc. Ner. 7.

2 stand apart, be at variance, sided, differ, be different, not homogeneous

of persons, stand apart, be at variance, διαστήτην ἐρίσαντε Il. 1.6; εἴ τινές που διασταῖεν Th. 1.18; διέστη ἐς ξυμμαχίαν ἑκατέρων sided with one or the other party, ib. 15; κατὰ πόλεις διέσταμεν Id. 4.61; διεστηκότες εἰς δύο D. 10.4, cf. 18.18; ἐρίζειν καὶ διεστάναι Id. 2.29; simply, differ, be different, πλούτου ἀρετὴ διέστηκεν Pl. R. 550e; πρὸς ἄλληλα Arist. Pol. 1256a29, cf. Po. 1448a17; ἡ ἀριστοκρατία διέστηκεν ἀπὸ ταύτης πολὺ τῆς πολιτείας Id. Pol. 1289b3; οὖρα διεστηκότα not homogeneous,

3 part, to be reconciled

part after fighting, Hdt. 1.76, 8.16, 18: hence, to be reconciled, Isoc. 5.38.

b retire

of an army, retire, Plb. 10.3.6.

4 stand at certain distances, intervals, mark distances!, are, distant

stand at certain distances or intervals, Hdt. 2.66; of guards in a row, Id. 3.72; of post-stations, Id. 8.98; of soldiers, δ. κατὰ διακοσίους Th. 4.32; διάστηθι mark distances! a word of command, Ael. Tact. 12.11: Geom., ἴσα ἀπʼ ἀλλάλων διέστακεν are equidistant from one another, Archim. Aequil. 1.6.

III separate, contrast, spread

Med., sts. trans., separate, γεώδη γένη διϊστάμενοι Pl. Ti. 63c: chiefly in aor. 1, δ. τόν τε δικαιότατον καὶ τὸν ἀδικώτατον contrast, Id. R. 360e; ἀράχνια, of spiders, spread, Theoc. 16.97.

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