διάγνωσις

English (LSJ)

εως, ἡ,

   A distinguishing, τὴν δ. ποιεῖσθαι ὁποῖοι ἐκράτουν ἢ ἐκρατοῦντο Th.1.50; means of distinguishing or discerning, E.Hipp. 926; καλῶν ἢ μὴ τοιούτων τίς δ.; D.18.128; δ. φωνῆς καὶ σιγῆς Arist. Cael.290b27; of medical diagnosis, δ. ποιεῖσθαι Hp.VC10, Gal.8.766, etc.    2 power of discernment, E.Hipp.696.    II resolving, deciding, δ. ποιεῖσθαι Antipho 6.18; περί τινος D.18.7; ταχίστην ἔχει δ. Isoc.1.34; τοῦ ὃ πρακτέον ἐστίν Metrod.Fr.27; δ. τῆς ἀξίας ποιεῖσθαι to determine the value, Pl.Lg.865c; = Lat. cognitio, Act.Ap.25.21, BGU19i20 (ii A. D.), 891r24 (ii A. D.); ἐπὶ διαγνώσεων τοῦ Σεβαστοῦ, = Lat. a cognitionibus Augusti, IG14.1072, cf. Ephes.3 No.51 (iii A. D.).