διάχυσις
Ἐλεεινότατόν μοι φαίνετ' ἀτυχία φίλου → Miseria amici mihi suprema est miseria → Am meisten Mitleid, scheint's, heischt eines Freundes Leid
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ,
A diffusion, Hp.Vict.2.60, Pl.Cra.419c; extension, Plu.2.771b; spreading, γῆς Gp.5.25.2; δ. λιμνώδη λαμβάνειν to spread out like a lake, Plu.Mar.37. 2 waste, loss, σπέρματος Thphr. CP4.4.7. 3 softening, ib.4.12.2. II dissolution, liquefaction, opp. πῆξις, Arist.Mete.382a30. III relaxation, συστολαὶ καὶ δ. Epicur.Fr.410, cf. Chrysipp.Stoic.3.119; τὰς ἐπὶ σαρκὶ τῆς ψυχῆς δ. Epicur. l.c., cf. Aret.SD1.5; cheerfulness, ψυχῆς Sor.1.97; merriment, Plu.Cat.Mi.46, Hierocl.p.54A., Hdn.Fig.p.92 S.; ridicule, Phld.Lib.p.37O.; cheerful expression, Plu.Dem.25. IV δ. ὀμμάτων 'melting' look, Id.2.335c. V = δελφίνιον, Ps.-Dsc. 3.73.
