3. containing, storage, PPetr. 3p.141 (iii B. C.).
II. separating or distinguishing in thought, Epicur.Ep.1p.13U., Phld.D.3.8; “κατὰ διάληψιν” separately, Id.Ir. p.76 W., Rh.1.91 S.
III. judgement, opinion, Epicur.Nat.28.7; “ἡ περὶ θεῶν δ.” Plb.6.56.6; αἱ ὑπὲρ τῶν ἐν Ἅιδου δ. ib.12, cf. LXX 2 Ma. 3.32; “ἐγέννησε τὴν περὶ αὑτοῦ δ. ὡς . .” D.S.18.54: esp. in good sense, “τῆς προαιρέσεως ἐπ᾽ ἀγαθῷ τὴν δ. ἐχούσης” Inscr.Prien.117.60 (i B.C.); “ἀρετὴ καὶ δ.” BCH37.125 (Abdera, ii B. C.).
2. sentence, punishment, “ἐνέχεσθαι ἱεροσυλίᾳ καὶ πίπτειν ὑπὸ πικροτέραν δ.” Annales du Service 19.40, cf. 42 (Egypt, i B.C.).
IV. division, Porph.Sent.36 (pl.); distinction of parts, Arist.IA705a25: pl., points of division or ramification, Id.PA647b2; of the divisions of the vertebrae, ib. 652a17.
2. interval, = διάλειμμα, v.l. in Aret.SD1.12.
V. digression in a narrative, Iamb.Bab.17.