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διαστέλλω ,
A.put asunder, expand, separate, “συνεσταλμένα δ.” Hp. Off.11; “τὸν ἀέρα ταῖς πτέρυξιν” Arist.IA713a12; “τινὰς ξίφει” J.BJ5.2.2; δ. τι ταῖς ὄνυξι to tear it open, Plu.Thes.36:—Pass., to be dilated, of the lungs or heart, Arist.Aud.800b2, Gal.2.657, al.; “διασταλέντα τὰ ὑγρά” being dispersed, Arist.Pr.891a2; διασταλήτω πᾶσα σκοτία let all darkness be dispelled, PMag.Par.1.2472.
2. divide, “δίχα” Pl.Plt. 265e; distinguish, τοὺς Τρῶας τῶν Δαρδάνων Sch.Il.Oxy.1086.115; “τῷ τόνῳ” POxy.1012Fr.16.5 (Pass.).
b. define precisely, “τὰ λεγόμενα” Pl.Euthd.295d, cf. Arist.Top.134b22, Phld.Rh.1.50S.; intr., ὅρασις διαστέλλουσα distinct vision, LXX 1 Ki.3.1; also, to be distinctive, opp. ἀπόλυτον εἶναι, A.D.Pron.39.1:—Med., “δ. περί τινος” Arist. Pol.1268b32, Phld.D.3Fr.8: c. acc., Pl.R.535b:—Pass., “διεσταλμένος” definite, determinate, A.D.Synt.37.7, al.
3. command expressly, give express orders, “ῥητῶς ὑπέρ τινος” Plb.3.23.5; “ἐπιτακτικῶς δ. περί τινων” D.S.28.15:—Med., LXXJd.1.19, al., PHal.7.6 (iii B. C.), Ev.Marc.5.43, etc.
4. pronounce, “χείλεσι” LXXLe.5.4.
5. give orders in writing, UPZ111.6 (ii B.C.):—more freq. in Med., ib.11.23(ii B.C.), al.
6. pay, render, esp. in kind, POxy.88.5 (ii A. D.), al.; make an order for payment, Ostr.1164 (ii/iii A. D.); discharge a vow, LXXLe.22.21.
7. set apart, τινὰ ἑαυτῷ ib.3 Ki.8.53; “τὴν ἱερὰν γῆν” PRev.Laws36.7 (iii B.C.), cf. PTeb.74.2 (ii B.C.).
II. intr., differ, “πρός τινα” Plb.18.47.11.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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