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διαστέλλω

διαστέλλω, to put asunder, tear open

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διέστελλον imperfect active indicative 3rd plural, imperfect active indicative 1st singular of διαστέλλω

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διαστέλλω,
  • put asunder, expand, separate, συνεσταλμένα δ. Hp. Off. 11; τὸν ἀέρα ταῖς πτέρυξιν Arist. IA 713a12; τινὰς ξίφει J. BJ 5.2.2; δ. τι ταῖς ὄνυξι to tear it open, Plu. Thes. 36:—Pass., to be dilated, of the lungs or heart, Arist. Aud. 800b2, Gal. 2.657, al.; διασταλέντα τὰ ὑγρά being dispersed, Arist. Pr. 891a2; διασταλήτω πᾶσα σκοτία let all darkness be dispelled, PMag.Par. 1.2472.
      • 2 divide, δίχα Pl. Plt. 265e; distinguish, τοὺς Τρῶας τῶν Δαρδάνων Sch.Il.Oxy. 1086.115; τῷ τόνῳ POxy. 1012Fr. 16.5 (Pass.).
        • b define precisely, τὰ λεγόμενα Pl. Euthd. 295d, cf. Arist. Top. 134b22, Phld. Rh. 1.50 S.; intr., ὅρασις διαστέλλουσα distinct vision, LXX 1 Ki. 3.1; also, to be distinctive, opp. ἀπόλυτον εἶναι, A.D. Pron. 39.1:—Med., δ. περί τινος Arist. Pol. 1268b32, Phld. D. 3Fr. 8: c. acc., Pl. R. 535b:—Pass., διεσταλμένος definite, determinate, A.D. Synt. 37.7, al.
      • 3 command expressly, give express orders, ῥητῶς ὑπέρ τινος Plb. 3.23.5; ἐπιτακτικῶς δ. περί τινων D.S. 28.15:—Med., LXX Jd. 1.19, al., PHal. 7.6 (iii B. C.), Ev.Marc. 5.43, etc.
      • 4 pronounce, χείλεσι LXX Le. 5.4.
      • 5 give orders in writing, UPZ 111.6 (ii B.C.):—more freq. in Med., ib. 11.23 (ii B.C.), al.
      • 6 pay, render, esp. in kind, POxy. 88.5 (ii A. D.), al.; make an order for payment, Ostr. 1164 (ii/iii A. D.); discharge a vow, LXX Le. 22.21.
      • 7 set apart, τινὰ ἑαυτῷ ib. 3 Ki. 8.53; τὴν ἱερὰν γῆν PRev.Laws 36.7 (iii B.C.), cf. PTeb. 74.2 (ii B.C.).
    • II intr., differ, πρός τινα Plb. 18.47.11.

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