διάχυσις
Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.
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.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
διάχῠσις: -εως, ἡ, (διαχέω) ἔκχυσις, διασκόρπισμα, Πλάτ. Κρατ. 419C· δ. λιμνώδη λαμβάνω, ἐκτείνομαι, ἐξαπλοῦμαι ὡς λίμνη, Πλούτ. Μαρ. 27. 2) ἔκχυσις, ἀπώλεια, σπέρματος Θεόφρ. Αἰτ. Φ. 4. 4, 7. ΙΙ. διάλυσις, ἀντίθ. πῆξις, Ἀριστ. Μετεωρ. 4. 5, 2. ΙΙΙ. διασκέδασις, εὐθυμία, Πλούτ. Κάτ. Ν. 46.
