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|Definition=<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">put asunder, expand, separate</b>, συνεσταλμένα δ. Hp. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Off.</span>11</span>; τὸν ἀέρα ταῖς πτέρυξιν <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">IA</span>713a12</span>; τινὰς ξίφει <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">BJ</span>5.2.2</span>; <b class="b3">δ. τι ταῖς ὄνυξι</b> <b class="b2">to tear</b> it [[open]], <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Thes.</span>36</span>:—Pass., <b class="b2">to be dilated</b>, of the lungs or heart, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Aud.</span>800b2</span>, Gal.2.657, al.; διασταλέντα τὰ ὑγρά <b class="b2">being dispersed</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pr.</span>891a2</span>; <b class="b3">διασταλήτω πᾶσα σκοτία</b> [[let]] all darkness <b class="b2">be dispelled</b>, PMag.Par.1.2472. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[divide]], δίχα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Plt.</span> 265e</span>; [[distinguish]], <b class="b3">τοὺς Τρῶας τῶν Δαρδάνων</b> Sch.Il.<span class="title">Oxy.</span>1086.115; τῷ τόνῳ <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>1012</span><span class="title">Fr.</span>16.5 (Pass.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b2">define precisely</b>, τὰ λεγόμενα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Euthd.</span>295d</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Top.</span>134b22</span>, Phld.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1.50S.; intr., <b class="b3">ὅρασις διαστέλλουσα</b> [[distinct]] vision, <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">1 Ki.</span>3.1</span>; also, <b class="b2">to be distinctive</b>, opp. <b class="b3">ἀπόλυτον εἶναι</b>, <span class="bibl">A.D.<span class="title">Pron.</span>39.1</span>:—Med., δ. περί τινος <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">Pol.</span>1268b32</span>, Phld.<span class="title">D.</span>3<span class="title">Fr.</span>8: c. acc., <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>535b</span>:—Pass., διεσταλμένος [[definite]], [[determinate]], <span class="bibl">A.D.<span class="title">Synt.</span>37.7</span>, al. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">command expressly, give express orders</b>, ῥητῶς ὑπέρ τινος <span class="bibl">Plb.3.23.5</span>; ἐπιτακτικῶς δ. περί τινων <span class="bibl">D.S.28.15</span>:—Med., <span class="bibl">LXX<span class="title">Jd.</span>1.19</span>, al., <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PHal.</span>7.6</span> (iii B. C.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Marc.</span>5.43</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> [[pronounce]], χείλεσι <span class="bibl">LXX<span class="title">Le.</span>5.4</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> <b class="b2">give orders in writing</b>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">UPZ</span>111.6</span> (ii B.C.):—more freq. in Med., ib.<span class="bibl">11.23</span>(ii B.C.), al. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">6</span> [[pay]], [[render]], esp. in kind, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>88.5</span> (ii A. D.), al.; <b class="b2">make an order for payment</b>, Ostr.1164 (ii/iii A. D.); [[discharge]] a vow, <span class="bibl">LXX<span class="title">Le.</span>22.21</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">7</span> <b class="b2">set apart</b>, <b class="b3">τινὰ ἑαυτῷ</b> ib.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">3 Ki.</span>8.53</span>; τὴν ἱερὰν γῆν <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PRev.Laws</span>36.7</span> (iii B.C.), cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PTeb.</span>74.2</span> (ii B.C.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> intr., [[differ]], πρός τινα <span class="bibl">Plb.18.47.11</span>.</span>