διάχυσις
εως, ἡ
A.
diffusion, Hp. Vict. 2.60, Pl. Cra. 419c; extension, Plu. 2.771b; spreading, γῆς Gp. 5.25.2; δ. λιμνώδη λαμβάνειν to spread out like a lake, Plu. Mar. 37.
2.
waste, loss, σπέρματος Thphr. CP 4.4.7.
3.
softening, ib.4.12.2.
II.
dissolution, liquefaction, opp. πῆξις, Arist. Mete. 382a30.
III.
relaxation, συστολαὶ καὶ δ. Epicur. Fr. 410, cf. Chrysipp.Stoic. 3.119; τὰς ἐπὶ σαρκὶ τῆς ψυχῆς δ. Epicur. l.c., cf. Aret. SD 1.5; cheerfulness, ψυχῆς Sor. 1.97; merriment, Plu. Cat.Mi. 46, Hierocl.p.54A., Hdn. Fig. p.92 S.; ridicule, Phld. Lib. p.37O.; cheerful expression, Plu. Dem. 25.
IV.
δ. ὀμμάτων 'melting' look, Id. 2.335c.
V.
= δελφίνιον, Ps.-Dsc. 3.73.