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διά-κρι^σις , εως, ,
A.separation, dissolution, opp. σύγκρισις, Emp. 58, Anaxag.10, Pl.Sph.243b, al.; segregation,τῶν ἡμαρτηκότωνJ.BJ 2.14.8; discrimination,καλοῦ τε καὶ κακοῦEp.Hebr.5.14; “πνευμάτων1 Ep.Cor.12.10; differentiation, Dam.Pr.1.
2. in concrete sense, resolved form, ἀτμὶς ὕδατος δ. ἐστινArist.Mete.340b3, 341b15.
II. decision, determination, Pl.Lg.765a, X.Cyr.8.2.27, A.R.4.1169; judicial decision, PLond.2.476.9 (i A.D.): metaph., Ep.Rom.14.1 (pl.); interpretation of dreams or omens, Ph.2.55, Paus.1.34.5; δ. σημειώσεως medical diagnosis, Sor.2.23: but in pl., “αἱ ἐκ νούσων δ.determinations, crises, Hp.Genit.3.
2. examination or revision of accounts, δ. πρακτόρων Wilcken Chr.41 iii6(iii A.D.).
III. decision by battle,τάξεων πρὸς ἀλλήλουςPlb.18.28.3; quarrel, dispute, Epicur. Ep.1p.29U., Arat.109, Milet.3.149.39.
IV. in X.Cyn.4.1, space between the eyes in dogs.
V. separation of tumour from bloodvessels, Antyll. ap. Orib.45.2.9.
2. secretion,οὔρωνAret.SA1.9, cf. Gal.6.382.
VI. a bandage, Id.18(1).777.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (12):
    • Flavius Josephus, The Jewish War, 2.14.8
    • New Testament, Hebrews, 5.14
    • New Testament, 1 Corinthians, 12.10
    • New Testament, Romans, 14.1
    • Pausanias, Description of Greece, 1.34.5
    • Plato, Laws, 765a
    • Plato, Sophist, 243b
    • Xenophon, Cyropaedia, 8.2.27
    • Xenophon, On Hunting, 4.1
    • Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 4.1169
    • Polybius, Histories, 18.28.3
    • Aretaeus, De causis et signis acutorum morborum (lib. 1), 1.9
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