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|Definition=εως, ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[tension]], [[dilatation]], <b class="b3">ἔχειν δ</b>. to have the [[power of dilatation]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">PA</span>664a33</span> (v.l.); κεφαλῆς διατάσεις καὶ ἰλίγγους <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">R.</span>407c</span> (prob.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[extension]], of a fractured or dislocated limb, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Off.</span>15</span>, cf. Heliod. ap. <span class="bibl">Orib.49.8.33</span>; σπαρτῶν <span class="bibl">Alciphr.2.4</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[stretching across]]: hence Medic., δ. φρενῶν [[diaphragm]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">VM</span>22</span>; [[δ]]. alone, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Coac.</span>394</span>; also of vaginal [[obstruction]], <span class="bibl">Paul.Aeg.6.72</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[tension]], [[exertion]], πνεύματος <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Sud.</span>32</span>; of athletes and the like, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pr.</span>885b23</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">IA</span>705a18</span>; <b class="b3">διατάσεις καὶ κλαυθμοί</b>, of infants, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1336a34</span>: metaph., ἡ εὔνοια… οὐκ ἔχει δ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">EN</span>1166b33</span>; ἐν δ. γενομένης τῆς ψυχῆς <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Cor.</span>21</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ πρὸς τὸν ἥλιον δ</b>., of plants, <span class="bibl">Iamb. <span class="title">Protr.</span>21</span>.[[λή]]. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[contention]], [[quarrel]], εἰς μεγάλην ἐλθεῖν δ. πρός τινα <span class="bibl">D.S.38</span>/<span class="bibl">9.2</span>(s.v.l.).</span>