interval
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English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
P. διάλειμμα, τό, διάστημα, τό.
intervening space between two armies: V. μεταίχμιον, τό, or pl.
rest, breathing space: P. and V. παῦλα, ἡ, ἀνάπαυλα, ἡ, ἀναπνοή, ἡ, P. ἀνάπαυσις, ἡ, V. ἀμπνοή, ἡ.
cessation: P. and V. διάλυσις, ἡ.
stand at intervals, v.: P. διαλείπειν, διίστασθαι.
at intervals of (for space or time): P. διά (gen.).
at long intervals (of space or time): P. διὰ πολλοῦ.
at short intervals (of space or time): P. δι' ὀλίγου.
after an interval (of time): P. and V. διὰ χρόνου, P. χρόνου διελθόντος.
after a long interval: Ar. διὰ πολλοῦ χρόνου.
after an interval of two or three years: P. διελθόντων ἐτῶν δύο καὶ τριῶν.
after a moment's interval I go to law: Ar. ἀκαρῆ διαλιπὼν δικάζομαι (Nubes 496).
in the interval: of time, P. ἐν τῷ μεταξύ; see meantime; of space, P. and V. μεταξύ, ἐν μέσῳ.
there is no special season which he leaves as an interval: P. οὐδ' ἐστὶν ἐξαίρετος ὥρα τις ἣν διαλείπει (Dem. 124).
they set out with a considerable interval between each man and his neighbour: P. διέχοντες πολὺ ᾖσαν (Thuc. 3. 22).
he placed the merchantmen at intervals of about two hundred feet from one another: P. διαλιπούσας τὰς ὁλκάδας ὅσον δύο πλέθρα ἀπ' ἀλλήλων κατέστησεν (Thuc. 7, 38).
at intervals of ten battlements there were large towers: P. διὰ δέκα ἐπάλξεων πύργοι ἦσαν μεγάλοι (Thuc. 3, 21).
