I.trans. to keep apart or separate, Lat. distinere, Hdt., Plut.
2.to keep off, id=Plut.
II.intr. to go through, hold its way, of arrows and lances, Il.:— to extend or reach, Hdt.
2.to stand apart, be separated or distant, Theogn., Thuc.; διέχοντες ἤεσαν they marched with spaces between man and man, id=Thuc.; σταδίους ὡς πεντήκοντα διέχει is about 50 stades wide, Xen.
3.of Time, to intervene, Soph.
4.to differ, Arist.
