διαστολ-ή, ἡ,
(διαστέλλω)
I
1. drawing asunder, dilatation, of the lungs, Arist. Aud. 800a35; of the heart, Gal. 2.597; of the pulse, Id. 8.736, al.; δ. χειλέων parting of the lips, i.e. utterance, LXX [Num 30:7]. separation, Thphr. CP 3.16.3; notch or nick, Plu. Cic. 1; boundary, fence, Tab.Heracl. 2.46; fencing off, τῆς γῆς PAmh. 2.40.25 (ii B. C.).
2. distinction, Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.158, LXX [Exo 8:23], Epicur. Nat. 28.7, Phld. Piet. 123, [Rom 3:22]; ἁγίων καὶ βεβήλων Ph. 2.159; μετὰ διαστολῆς προενεχθέντα with discrimination, Demetr.Lac. 1014.48 F.; detailed statement or explanation, Plb. 1.15.6; ἀξίους μνήμης καὶ δ. Id. 16.14.2, cf. SIG 284.11 (Chios), Apollon.Cit. 3; specification of items in an account, PRyl. 65.17 (i B. C.); article in a contract, etc., PTheb.Bank 6.8, 7.7.
3. command, injunction, order, LXX [Num 19:2], al., PTeb. 24.45 (ii B.C.), etc.
4. payment, BGU 485.26, PTeb. 363.1 (ii A. D.).
II Gramm., comma (as in ὅ, τι), D.T. 629.
1. distinction, γενῶν A.D. Pron. 11.28,al. opposition, πρός τι ib. 41.24.
2. in Music, distinctness, of notes, [1Co 14:7].
G1293 — διαστολή
διαστολῆς, ἡ (διαστέλλω, cf. ἀνατολή), a distinction, difference: [Rom 3:22]; [Rom 10:12]; of the difference of the sounds made by musical instruments, [1Co 14:7]. ((Aristotle, Theophrastus), Polybius, Plutarch, others.)