διάχυσις: Difference between revisions

|Definition=εως, ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[diffusion]], Hp.Vict.2.60, Pl.Cra.419c; [[extension]], Plu.2.771b; [[spreading]], γῆς Gp.5.25.2; [[διάχυσιν λιμνώδη λαμβάνειν]] to [[spread out]] like a [[lake]], Plu.Mar.37.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[waste]], [[loss]], [[σπέρμα]]τος Thphr. CP4.4.7.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[softening]], ib.4.12.2.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[dissolution]], [[liquefaction]], opp. [[πῆξις]], Arist.Mete.382a30.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[relaxation]], συστολαὶ καὶ διαχύσεις Epicur.Fr.410, cf. Chrysipp.Stoic.3.119; τὰς ἐπὶ σαρκὶ τῆς ψυχῆς διαχύσεις Epicur. [[l.c.]], cf. Aret.SD1.5; [[cheerfulness]], ψυχῆς Sor.1.97; [[merriment]], Plu.Cat.Mi.46, Hierocl.p.54A., Hdn.Fig.p.92 S.; [[ridicule]], Phld.Lib.p.37O.; [[cheerful expression]], Plu.Dem.25.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> [[διάχυσις ὀμμάτων]] = '[[melting]]' [[look]], Id.2.335c.<br><span class="bld">V</span> = [[δελφίνιον]], Ps.-Dsc. 3.73.