διάληψις
Ἐκ τῶν πόνων τοι τἀγάθ' αὔξεται βροτοῖς → Crescunt labore cuncta bona mortalibus → Das Gute wächst den Sterblichen aus ihrem Müh'n
English (LSJ)
later διάλημψις, in Doricized form διάλᾱμψις (q.v.), εως, ἡ, (διαλαμβάνω)
A grasping with both hands: ἐκ διαλήψεως, opp. ἐκ καταφορᾶς, as thrusting to cutting, Plb.2.33.6. 2 ἡ δ. τῆς χώρας power of holding, capacity, D.S.3.37. 3 containing, storage, PPetr. 3p.141 (iii B. C.). II separating or distinguishing in thought, Epicur.Ep.1p.13U., Phld.D.3.8; κατὰ διάληψιν separately, Id.Ir. p.76 W., Rh.1.91 S. III judgement, opinion, Epicur.Nat.28.7; ἡ περὶ θεῶν δ. Plb.6.56.6; αἱ ὑπὲρ τῶν ἐν Ἅιδου δ. ib.12, cf. LXX 2 Ma. 3.32; ἐγέννησε τὴν περὶ αὑτοῦ δ. ὡς . . D.S.18.54: esp. in good sense, τῆς προαιρέσεως ἐπ' ἀγαθῷ τὴν δ. ἐχούσης Inscr.Prien.117.60 (i B.C.); ἀρετὴ καὶ δ. BCH37.125 (Abdera, ii B. C.). 2 sentence, punishment, ἐνέχεσθαι ἱεροσυλίᾳ καὶ πίπτειν ὑπὸ πικροτέραν δ. Annales du Service 19.40, cf. 42 (Egypt, i B.C.). IV division, Porph.Sent.36 (pl.); distinction of parts, Arist.IA705a25: pl., points of division or ramification, Id.PA647b2; of the divisions of the vertebrae, ib. 652a17. 2 interval, = διάλειμμα, v.l. in Aret.SD1.12. V digression in a narrative, Iamb.Bab.17.
