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|Definition=fut. διαστήσω,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[set apart]], [[separate]], τοὺς λόχους Th.4.74; κατ' εἴδη [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Philebus|Phlb.]]'' 23d; διέστησεν [αὐτοὺς] εἰς μέρη πολλά D.18.61; ζῶντας ἡμᾶς οὐθὲν ἀλλήλων διέστησε Plu.''Ant.''84:—Pass., κίονες διεστάθησαν Callix.2.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[set at variance]] (one with another), τινά τινος Ar. ''V.''41, Th.6.77; [[πέμπων]] δὲ τὴν [[Ἑλλάς|Ἑλλάδα]] διαστήσεις = and thereby you will [[divide]] [[Hellas]] against itself (into [[faction]]s), Hdt.9.2; δ. τοὺς πένητας ἀπὸ τῶν εὐπόρων D.H.9.17.<br><span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">μέσας διαστήσας ἡμέρας δύο</b> having [[left]] an [[interval]] of [[two]] [[day]]s, ''Epigr.Gr.''996.7, cf.''BKT''3.20.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[distinguish]], τί τινος Ath.7.305d, cf. Aret.''SA''2.2.<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[inflate]], κενοὺς ἀσκούς Demoph.''Sim.''57.<br><span class="bld">II</span> more freq. in Pass., with aor. 2, pf., and plpf. Act.:—[[stand apart]], [[be divided]], Il., mostly in aor. 2, 24.718, al.: once in impf. Med., [[θάλασσα]] διΐστατο = the [[sea]] [[make|made]] [[way]], [[open]]ed, 13.29; διαστὰν γῆς βάθρον [[yawning wide]], S.''OC''1662; τὰ διεστεῶτα ὑπὸ σεισμοῦ Hdt.7.129; [[διεστῶτα]], opp. [[ἡνωμένα]], Chrysipp.Stoic.2.124, al.; [[ἔτους διεστῶτος]] = after an [[interval]] of a [[year]], ''SIG''344.119 (Teos).<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[stand with legs apart]], Luc.''Ner.''7.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of persons, [[stand apart]], [[be at variance]], διαστήτην ἐρίσαντε Il.1.6; εἴ τινές που διασταῖεν Th.1.18; <b class="b3">διέστη ἐς ξυμμαχίαν ἑκατέρων</b> [[side]]d with one or the other [[party]], ib.15; κατὰ πόλεις διέσταμεν Id.4.61; διεστηκότες εἰς δύο D.10.4, cf. 18.18; ἐρίζειν καὶ διεστάναι Id.2.29; simply, [[differ]], [[be different]], πλούτου ἀρετὴ διέστηκεν [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 550e; πρὸς ἄλληλα Arist.''Pol.''1256a29, cf.''Po.''1448a17; ἡ [[ἀριστοκρατία]] διέστηκεν ἀπὸ ταύτης πολὺ τῆς πολιτείας Id.''Pol.''1289b3; οὖρα διεστηκότα = [[not]] [[homogeneous]], Hp.''Aph.''7.33.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[part]] after fighting, Hdt.1.76, 8.16, 18: hence, to [[be reconciled]], Isoc.5.38.<br><span class="bld">b</span> of an army, [[retire]], Plb.10.3.6.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[stand at certain distances]] or [[stand at certain intervals]], Hdt.2.66; of guards in a row, Id.3.72; of post-stations, Id.8.98; of soldiers, δ. κατὰ διακοσίους Th.4.32; [[διάστηθι]] = [[mark distances]]! a [[word]] of [[command]], Ael. ''Tact.''12.11: Geom., <b class="b3">ἴσα ἀπ' ἀλλάλων διέστακεν</b> [[are]] [[equidistant]] from one another, Archim.''Aequil.''1.6.<br><span class="bld">III</span> Med., sometimes trans., [[separate]], γεώδη γένη διϊστάμενοι Pl.''Ti.''63c: chiefly in aor. 1, δ. τόν τε δικαιότατον καὶ τὸν ἀδικώτατον [[contrast]], Id.''R.''360e; [[ἀράχνιον|ἀράχνια]], of [[spider]]s, [[spread]], Theoc.16.97.