διάδοσις

A. distribution, D. 44.37; χώρας Plb. 2.23.1; ἀννώνης POxy. 1115.9 (iii A.D.): pl., IGRom. 3.739.

II. Medic., δ. οὔρων an evacuation, Hp. Epid. 3.4; ἡ τῆς τροφῆς δ. its distribution through the body, Arist. IA 705a32.

III. exchange, μειδιαμάτων Plu. Sull. 35 (pl.).

IV. communication, κινήσεως Epicur. Ep. 2p.48U.; δ. ἐκ θεῶν εἰς ἀνθρώπους Arr. Epict. 1.12.6; ταῖς ἀρίσταις διαδόσεσι κινεῖσθαι (of just men) Phld. Piet. 68, cf. M.Ant. 1.17.6(pl.); ἐκ ‐δόσεως τῆς ἁφῆς γινώσκειν τι Heliod. ap. Orib. 44.23.59: Astrol., of celestial influence, Ptol. Tetr. 5 (pl.), 105.