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διάχυσις

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: διάχυσις διάχυσεως

Structure: διαχυσι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: diaxe/w

Sense

  1. diffusion, to be spread
  2. merriment

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἐὰν δὲ διαχύσει διαχέηται ἐν τῷ δέρματι, καὶ μιανεῖ αὐτὸν ὁ ἱερεύσ, ἁφὴ λέπρασ ἐστίν, ἐν τῷ ἕλκει ἐξήνθησεν. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 13:22)
  • καὶ ὄψεται αὐτὸν ὁ ἱερεὺσ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ ἑβδόμῃ. ἐὰν δὲ διαχύσει διαχέηται ἐν τῷ δέρματι, καὶ μιανεῖ αὐτὸν ὁ ἱερεύσ. ἁφὴ λέπρασ ἐστίν, ἐν τῷ ἕλκει ἐξήνθησεν. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 13:27)
  • ἐὰν δὲ διαχύσει διαχέηται τὸ θραῦσμα ἐν τῷ δέρματι μετὰ τὸ καθαρισθῆναι αὐτόν, (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 13:35)
  • ἐὰν δὲ παραγενόμενοσ εἰσέλθῃ ὁ ἱερεὺσ καὶ ἴδῃ, καὶ ἰδοὺ διαχύσει οὐ διαχεῖται ἡ ἁφὴ ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ μετὰ τὸ ἐξαλειφθῆναι τὴν οἰκίαν, καὶ καθαριεῖ ὁ ἱερεὺσ τὴν οἰκίαν, ὅτι ἰάθη ἡ ἁφή. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 14:48)
  • ἐν φανερῷ κείμενα, ὅπου γε καὶ ὁ πυρόσ, δοκῶν εἶναι τῆσ ξηρᾶσ τροφῆσ, μεταβολῇ καὶ σήψει καὶ διαχύσει τοῦ ὑγροῦ γίγνεται; (Plutarch, Aquane an ignis sit utilior, chapter, section 4 3:1)
  • ἢν δὲ ἐξ ἀθυμίησ ἄλλοτε καὶ ἄλλοτε διάχυσισ γένηται, ἡδονὴ προσγίγνεται ἐπὶ τοῖσι πλείστοισι · οἱ δὲ μαίνονται. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., , 40)
  • "οὕτωσ ἐν σώματι, τῶν ὑγρῶν εἰσ ἕνα κατασπωμένων τόπον, οὐ θαυμαστὸν ἔνδειαν εἶναι περὶ τὰ λοιπὰ καὶ ξηρότητα, μέχρι οὗ πάλιν ἐπιρροὴ καὶ διάχυσισ γένηται· (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 6, 9:26)
  • Ἡδονὴ δέ ἐστιν ἄλογοσ ἔπαρσισ ἐφ’ αἱρετῷ δοκοῦντι ὑπάρχειν, ὑφ’ ἣν τάττεται κήλησισ, ἐπιχαιρεκακία, τέρψισ, διάχυσισ. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, ISTORIWN Z, Kef. a'. ZHNWN 114:4)

Synonyms

  1. diffusion

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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