διαστέλλω

διαστέλλω,

A put asunder, expand, separate,

συνεσταλμένα δ. Hp.

Off.11;

τὸν ἀέρα ταῖς πτέρυξιν Arist.IA713a12

;

τινὰς ξίφει J.BJ5.2.2

; δ. τι ταῖς ὄνυξι to tear it open, Plu.Thes.36:—[voice] 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.1012

Fr.16.5 ([voice] Pass.).

b define precisely,

τὰ λεγόμενα Pl.Euthd.295d

, cf. Arist.Top.134b22, Phld.Rh.1.50S.; intr., ὅρασις διαστέλλουσα distinct vision, LXX 1 Ki.3.1; also, to be distinctive, opp. ἀπόλυτον εἶναι, A.D.Pron.39.1:—[voice] Med.,

δ. περί τινος Arist. Pol.1268b32

, Phld.D.3Fr.8: c. acc., Pl.R.535b:—[voice] 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

:—[voice] Med., LXXJd.1.19, al., PHal.7.6 (iii B. C.), Ev.Marc.5.43, etc.

4 pronounce,

χείλεσι LXXLe.5.4

.

5 give orders in writing, UPZ111.6 (ii B.C.):—more freq. in [voice] 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, LXXLe.22.21.

7 set apart, τινὰ ἑαυτῷ ib.3 Ki.8.53;

τὴν ἱερὰν γῆν PRev.Laws36.7

(iii B.C.), cf. PTeb.74.2 (ii B.C.).

II intr., differ,

πρός τινα Plb.18.47.11

.