διάβασις: Difference between revisions

|Definition=-εως, ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[crossing over]], [[passage]], διάβασιν ποιεῖσθαι [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.186, etc.; [[act of crossing]], αἱ διαβάσεις τῶν ὀχετῶν διασπῶσι τὰς φάλαγγας Arist. ''Pol.''1303b12.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[means of crossing]] or [[place of crossing]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.205; διαβάσεις ποταμῶν [[ford]]s, Th.7.74, cf. X.''An.''1.5.12, etc.; [[bridge]], ib.2.3.10; [[passage along a ship's deck]], [[gangway]], Hp.''Ep.''14, Plu.''Cim.''12; [[ferry-boat]], [[LXX]] ''2 Ki.''19.18.<br><span class="bld">II</span> the Jewish [[Passover]], Ph.1.117.<br><span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b3">ἡ τῶν ὡρῶν διάβασις</b> [[transition]] of the [[season|seasons]], Ael.''NA''9.46.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> in Gramm., [[transitive force]] of Verbs, τὰ ἐν διαβάσει τοῦ προσώπου ῥήματα A.D. ''Synt.''202.7, al.<br><span class="bld">V</span> in Rhet. of [[intervals]] or [[pauses]] in pronunciation caused by long syllables and the like, ῥυθμοὶ πλείστην ἔχοντες διάβασιν [[Dionysius of Halicarnassus|D.H.]]''[[De Compositione Verborum|Comp.]]''20; cf. [[διαβαίνω]] ''1''.