διάτασις
Oἷς ὁ βιος ἀεὶ φόβων καὶ ὑποψίας ἐστὶ πλήρης, τούτοις οὔτε πλοῦτος οὔτε δόξα τέρψιν παρέχει. → To those for whom life is always full of fears and suspicion, neither wealth nor fame offers pleasure.
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ,
A tension, dilatation, ἔχειν δ. to have the power of dilatation, Arist.PA664a33 (v.l.); κεφαλῆς διατάσεις καὶ ἰλίγγους Pl. R.407c (prob.). 2 extension, of a fractured or dislocated limb, Hp.Off.15, cf. Heliod. ap. Orib.49.8.33; σπαρτῶν Alciphr.2.4. 3 stretching across: hence Medic., δ. φρενῶν diaphragm, Hp.VM22; δ. alone, Id.Coac.394; also of vaginal obstruction, Paul.Aeg.6.72. II tension, exertion, πνεύματος Thphr.Sud.32; of athletes and the like, Arist.Pr.885b23, IA705a18; διατάσεις καὶ κλαυθμοί, of infants, Id.Pol.1336a34: metaph., ἡ εὔνοια . . οὐκ ἔχει δ. Id.EN1166b33; ἐν δ. γενομένης τῆς ψυχῆς Plu.Cor.21; ἡ πρὸς τὸν ἥλιον δ., of plants, Iamb. Protr.21.λή. 2 contention, quarrel, εἰς μεγάλην ἐλθεῖν δ. πρός τινα D.S.38/9.2(s.v.l.).
