διαστολή

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   A drawing asunder, dilatation, of the lungs, Arist.Aud.800a35; of the heart, Gal.2.597; of the pulse, Id.8.736, al.; δ. χειλέων parting of the lips, i.e. utterance, LXX Nu.30.7.    b separation, Thphr.CP3.16.3; notch or nick, Plu.Cic.1; boundary, fence, Tab.Heracl.2.46; fencing off, τῆς γῆς PAmh.2.40.25 (ii B. C.).    2 distinction, Chrysipp.Stoic.2.158, LXX Ex.8.23, Epicur.Nat.28.7, Phld.Piet.123, Ep.Rom.3.22; ἁγίων καὶ βεβήλων Ph.2.159; μετὰ διαστολῆς προενεχθέντα with discrimination, Demetr.Lac.1014.48 F.; detailed statement or explanation, Plb.1.15.6; ἀξίους μνήμης καὶ δ. Id.16.14.2, cf. SIG284.11 (Chios), Apollon.Cit.3; specification of items in an account, PRyl.65.17 (i B. C.); article in a contract, etc., PTheb.Bank6.8, 7.7.    3 command, injunction, order, LXX Nu.19.2, al., PTeb.24.45 (ii B.C.), etc.    4 payment, BGU485.26, PTeb.363.1(ii A. D.).    II Gramm., comma (as in ὅ, τι), D.T.629.    b distinction, γενῶν A.D.Pron.11.28,al.    c opposition, πρός τι ib.41.24.    2 in Music, distinctness, of notes, 1 Ep.Cor.14.7.