διάληψις: Difference between revisions

|Definition=later διάλημψις, in Doricized form διάλᾱμψις (q.v.), εως, ἡ, (διαλαμβάνω) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">grasping with both hands</b>: <b class="b3">ἐκ διαλήψεως</b>, opp. <b class="b3">ἐκ καταφορᾶς</b>, as <b class="b2">thrusting</b> to cutting, <span class="bibl">Plb.2.33.6</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> ἡ δ. τῆς χώρας <b class="b2">power of holding, capacity</b>, <span class="bibl">D.S.3.37</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">containing, storage</b>, PPetr. 3p.141 (iii B. C.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">separating</b> or <b class="b2">distinguishing</b> in thought, <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Ep.</span>1p.13U.</span>, Phld.<span class="title">D.</span>3.8; κατὰ διάληψιν <b class="b2">separately</b>, Id.<span class="title">Ir.</span> p.76 W., <span class="title">Rh.</span>1.91 S. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">judgement, opinion</b>, <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Nat.</span>28.7</span>; ἡ περὶ θεῶν δ. <span class="bibl">Plb.6.56.6</span>; <b class="b3">αἱ ὑπὲρ τῶν ἐν Ἅιδου δ</b>. ib.<span class="bibl">12</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">2 Ma.</span> 3.32</span>; ἐγέννησε τὴν περὶ αὑτοῦ δ. ὡς . . <span class="bibl">D.S.18.54</span>: esp. in good sense, τῆς προαιρέσεως ἐπ' ἀγαθῷ τὴν δ. ἐχούσης <span class="title">Inscr.Prien.</span>117.60 (i B.C.); ἀρετὴ καὶ δ. <span class="title">BCH</span>37.125 (Abdera, ii B. C.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">sentence, punishment</b>, ἐνέχεσθαι ἱεροσυλίᾳ καὶ πίπτειν ὑπὸ πικροτέραν δ. <span class="title">Annales du Service</span> 19.40, cf. 42 (Egypt, i B.C.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> <b class="b2">division</b>, <span class="bibl">Porph.<span class="title">Sent.</span>36</span> (pl.); <b class="b2">distinction</b> of parts, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">IA</span>705a25</span>: pl., <b class="b2">points of division</b> or <b class="b2">ramification</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">PA</span>647b2</span>; of the <b class="b2">divisions</b> of the vertebrae, ib. <span class="bibl">652a17</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">interval</b>, = [[διάλειμμα]], v.l. in <span class="bibl">Aret.<span class="title">SD</span>1.12</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">V</span> <b class="b2">digression</b> in a narrative, <span class="bibl">Iamb.Bab.17</span>.</span>