διαβήτης

English (LSJ)

ου, ὁ, (διαβαίνω)

   A compass, so called from its outstretched legs, Ar.Nu.178, Av.1003.    2 carpenter's or stonemason's rule, ξύσας ὀρθὸν πρὸς διαβήτην IG12(2).11.20 (Lesbos), cf. ib.2.1054.10, Pl.Phlb.56b, Plu.2.802f, Sch.Il.2.765.    II siphon, Colum.3.10, HeroSpir.1.29.    III Medic., the disease diabetes, Aret.SD2.2, Philagr. ap. Orib.5.19.9, Gal.8.394.