διάχυσις: Difference between revisions

|Definition=εως, ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[diffusion]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Vict.</span>2.60</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Cra.</span>419c</span>; [[extension]], Plu.2.771b; [[spreading]], γῆς <span class="title">Gp.</span>5.25.2; <b class="b3">διάχυσιν λιμνώδη λαμβάνειν</b> to [[spread out]] like a [[lake]], <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Mar.</span>37</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[waste]], [[loss]], σπέρματος <span class="bibl">Thphr. <span class="title">CP</span>4.4.7</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[softening]], ib.<span class="bibl">4.12.2</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[dissolution]], [[liquefaction]], opp. [[πῆξις]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mete.</span>382a30</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> [[relaxation]], συστολαὶ καὶ διαχύσεις <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Fr.</span>410</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Chrysipp.Stoic.3.119</span>; τὰς ἐπὶ σαρκὶ τῆς ψυχῆς διαχύσεις Epicur. l.c., cf. <span class="bibl">Aret.<span class="title">SD</span>1.5</span>; [[cheerfulness]], ψυχῆς <span class="bibl">Sor.1.97</span>; [[merriment]], <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Cat.Mi.</span>46</span>, Hierocl.<span class="bibl">p.54A.</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdn.<span class="title">Fig.</span>p.92</span> S.; [[ridicule]], <span class="bibl">Phld.<span class="title">Lib.</span>p.37O.</span>; [[cheerful expression]], <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Dem.</span>25</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> <b class="b3">διάχυσις ὀμμάτων</b> '[[melting]]' [[look]], Id.2.335c. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">V</span> = [[δελφίνιον]], Ps.-Dsc. 3.73.</span>