διάστημα,
ατος, τό, (διαστῆναι)
I
1. interval, freq. in Music, Archyt. 2, Pl. R. 531a, Aristox. Harm. p.4 M., al., Arist. Pr. 922b6, Damox. 2.57; of Time, δ. τετραετές Plb. 9.1.1: generally, ἐκ μεγάλων δ. κινεῖσθαι Democr. 191; δ. μεταξὺ κόσμων Epicur. Ephesians 2 p.37U.; distance, Phld. D. 3.8,9. Geom., radius, κέντρῳ τῷ Α, διαστήματι τῷ ΑΒ, γεγράφθω κύκλος Euc. 1.1, cf. Ph. Bel. 52.14; of a sphere, Autol. 6. aperture, ἀγγεῖον ἔχον δ. μέγα Arist. GA 787b4; ἐκ πολλοῦ δ. Id. Aud. 800a36; τὰ δ. τῆς χειρὸς τῶν δακτύλων the spaces between the fingers, Aen.Tact. 31.35.
2. Medic., diastasis, of bones, Hp. Off. 23 (pl.), cf. Gal. 18(2).887.
3. difference, τῶν ἡδονῶν μεγάλα τὰ δ. Nicom.Com. 1.22.
4. ratio, Archyt. 2, Arist. Ph. 202a18.
5. in Aristotle’s symbolism, conjunction of two terms, APr. 42b10, APo. 82b7, al.
6. extension, dimension, χρόνος κινήσεως δ. Zeno Stoic. 1.26, cf. Chrysipp.ib.2.164, Dam. Pr. 389; of Space, Arist. Ph. 209a4, Plot. 6.4.2; ὧν πρότερον διάστημα ἐνειστήκει whose extension (i.e. surface) it (the εἴδωλον) formerly occupied, Epicur. Nat. 2.3.
II distinction of style, Longin. 40.2.
G1292 — διάστημα
διαστήματος, τό ((διαστῆναι)), an interval, distance; space of time: ὡς ὡρῶν τριῶν διάστημα, [Act 5:7] ((ἐκ πολλοῦ διαστήματος, Aristotle, de audib., p. 800{b}, 5 etc.); τετραετες δδιαστημα Polybius 9, 1, 1; (σύμπας ὁ χρόνος ἡμερῶν καί νυκτῶν ἐστι διάστημα, Philo, alleg. leg. i. § 2 etc., see Siegfried under the word, p. 66)).
διάστημα , - τος , τό
( < διίστημι ),
[in LXX for H7305, etc.;]
an interval, space: of time (Sir, prol . 24 ), [Act 5:7]. †