διάστημα, ατος, τό, (διαστῆναι)
interval, frequently in Music, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of Time, δ. τετραετές [
Refs 4th c.BC+];
distance, [
Refs 1st c.BC+]
b) Geometry texts,
radius, κέντρῳ τῷ Α, διαστήματι τῷ ΑΒ, γεγράφθω κύκλος [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]; of a sphere, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
c)
aperture, ἀγγεῖον ἔχον δ. μέγα [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὰ δ. τῆς χειρὸς τῶν δακτύλων the
spaces between the fingers, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
2) in Medicine texts,
diastasis, of bones, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
3)
difference, τῶν ἡδονῶν μεγάλα τὰ δ. [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]
4)
ratio, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
5) in Aristotle's symbolism,
conjunction of two terms, APr.[
Refs]
6)
extension, dimension, χρόνος κινήσεως δ. [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; of Space, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὧν πρότερον διάστημα ἐνειστήκει whose
extension (i.e.
surface) it (the εἴδωλον) formerly occupied, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
II)
distinction of style, [
Refs 3rd c.AD+]