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|Definition=fut. <b class="b3">-λήψομαι</b>: aor. [[διέλᾰβον]]: pf. [[διείληφα]]: pf. Pass. [[διείλημμαι]], also <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> διαλέλημμαι <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ec.</span>1090</span>, Ion. -λέλαμμαι <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.68</span>:— [[take]] or [[receive severally]], i.e. [[each his own share]], ἵνα διαλαμβάνοιεν ἕκαστοι τὰ ἄξια <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>7.3.1</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">An.</span>5.3.4</span>; δ. οἰκίας <span class="bibl">Lys.12.8</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[grasp]] or [[lay hold of separately]], διαλαβόντες… τὰς χεῖρας καὶ τοὺς πόδας <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.94</span>: hence, [[seize]], [[arrest]], τινά <span class="bibl">Id.1.114</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>615e</span>; διαλελαμμένος ἄγεται <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.68</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ec.</span>1090</span> (v. Sch. ad loc.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> in wrestling, <b class="b2">grasp round the waist, seize by the middle</b>, <b class="b3">διαλαβὼν ἀγκυρίσας</b> cj. Casaub. in <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>262</span>; διαλαμβάνων τοὺς νεανίσκους ἐτραχήλιζεν <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Ant.</span>33</span>; in full, μέσον δ. τινά <span class="bibl">Ach.Tat.3.13</span>; also, [[tie up]], σπάρτῳ <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PHolm.</span>12.13</span>: metaph. of the soul, διειλημμένη ὑπὸ τοῦ σωματοειδοῦς <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>81c</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[treat]], [[handle]], ταύτῃ τοὺς νόμους <span class="bibl">Lys. 14.4</span>; τὸν ἡγεμόνα ὡς ἀνδράποδον <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">VA</span>5.36</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> metaph., [[embrace]], <b class="b3">ὡς ἐπὶ τὸ πᾶν δ</b>. [[comprehend]] in a general statement, <span class="bibl">Thphr. <span class="title">HP</span>8.1.6</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> [[divide]], τὸν ποταμὸν ἐς τριηκοσίας διώρυχας δ. <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.190</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">202</span>, <span class="bibl">5.52</span>; τριχῆ δώδεκα μέρη δ. [[divide]] <span class="bibl">12</span> parts into <span class="bibl">3</span> (i.e. of <span class="bibl">4</span> each), <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>763c</span>; <b class="b3">ἵνα χωρὶς ἡμᾶς διαλάβῃ</b>, of a person taking his seat between two others, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Smp.</span>222e</span>; <b class="b3">δ. εἰς δύο πάντας</b> [[divide]] them into two parties, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1296a11</span>; <b class="b3">δ. τὸν δῆμον, τοὺς ἀπόρους</b>, ib.<span class="bibl">1272b11</span>, <span class="bibl">1320b8</span>; τὴν σύμπασαν ἀρχὴν κατὰ ἔθνη <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Mu.</span>398a29</span>:—Pass., <b class="b3">ποταμὸς διαλελαμμένος πενταχοῦ</b> [[divided]] into five channels, <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.117</span>; of troops, <span class="bibl">Aen.Tact.10.25</span>; <b class="b3">θώρακες διειλημμένοι τὸ βάρος ὑπὸ τῶν ὤμων, στήθους κτλ</b>. coat-armour [[having]] its weight [[distributed]] so as to be borne by... <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>3.10.13</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[mark at intervals]], <b class="b3">στήλαις δ. τοὺς ὅρους</b> Decr. ap. <span class="bibl">D.18.154</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ τείχη δ. φυλακτηρίοις καὶ πύργοις</b> [[provide]] them <b class="b2">at intervals with .</b>., <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span> 1331a20</span> (Pass.), cf. <span class="title">OGI</span>701.13 (Egypt): of Time, τὰ τῶν ὡρῶν ἐνιαυτοῖς διειλημμένα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>886a</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> [[make a pause]], δ. λέγοντα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Prt.</span>346e</span>: abs., διαλαβών [[at intervals]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Mul.</span>1.68</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">c</span> [[give relief]], [[make a break]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pr.</span>880b22</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[cut off]], [[intercept]], τὰ στενόπορα <span class="bibl">Th.7.73</span> codd.; ὁ πορθμὸς ὁ δ. τὴν Σικελίαν <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mir.</span>840a2</span>; δ. τάφρῳ <span class="bibl">Plb. 5.99.9</span>; δ. φυλακαῖς διαστήματα <span class="bibl">Id.1.18.4</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> [[mark off]], [[distinguish]], αἱ πολιτεῖαι… τοὺς πλείστους διειλήφασιν <span class="bibl">Isoc.4.16</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> [[diversify]], [[intersperse]], ἐπεισοδίοις δ. τὴν ποίησιν <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Po.</span>1459a36</span>; λόγον περιόδοις <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Comp.</span>2</span>; [[παραπληρώμασι]] ib.<span class="bibl">16</span>; <b class="b3">ποιήσεις μέτροις</b> ib.<span class="bibl">26</span>:—Pass., <b class="b3">γῆ χρώμασι διειλημμένη</b> [[marked with various]] colours, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>110b</span>; λειμῶνες παντοδαποῖς φυτοῖς διειλ. <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Patr.Enc.</span> 10</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> in pf. part. Pass., διειλημμένος [[distinct]], Phld.<span class="title">D.</span>1.24; <b class="b3">κατ' οὐ δ. δόξας</b> ibid.; cf. [[διειλημμένως]]. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">6</span> [[divide]] or [[distinguish]] in thought, ταῦτα δ. τοῖς διανοήμασι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>777a</span>; <b class="b3">δ. δίχα [αὐτοὺς] τῷ παίζειν καὶ μή</b> ib.<span class="bibl">935d</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>373</span>; <b class="b3">διὰ τῶν ἔργων δ. τὴν πίστιν</b> [[draw distinctive]] arguments from facts, dub. l. in <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1323a40</span>; περί τινος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">PA</span>665a31</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PAmh.</span>2.35.44</span> (ii B.C.): ὑπέρ τινος <span class="bibl">Plb. 2.42.7</span>; δ. τί δεῖ ποιεῖν <span class="bibl">Id.4.25.1</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PRyl.</span>68.23</span> (i B.C.): hence, [[determine]], [[define]], τὸν καιρόν <span class="bibl">Plb.15.5.2</span>: c. inf., <span class="bibl">Id.30.9.2</span>; [[grasp]], [[apprehend]], <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Ep.</span>1p.5U.</span>, al.; [[perceive]], [[ὅτι]]… <span class="bibl">Phld.<span class="title">Sign.</span>29</span>; [[give a judicial decision]], <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>195.36</span> (ii A.D.), <span class="bibl">15 i 16</span> (ii A.D.): in later Prose, simply, [[think]], [[believe]], <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">AJ</span>2.16.5</span>, <span class="bibl">Anon.Lond.24.32</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">7</span> [[state distinctly]], Philipp. ap. <span class="bibl">D.12.23</span>; περί τινος <span class="bibl">A.D.<span class="title">Synt.</span> 22.8</span>, etc.:—Med., ib.<span class="bibl">162.27</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">8</span> <b class="b2">to be pre-eminent throughout</b>, ἀρεταῖς πᾶσαν τὴν ὑφ' ἡλίῳ <span class="title">OGI</span>520.5 (Iasus).</span>