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Dia-r-rhrea, s, from Ola, dia, through, aud P~"" r!leo, I
flow. A looseness.
Din-stoIc, s. from ala, dia, asunder, and uTe]..]..w, slt!IUJ,
I stretcb. The dilatation of the heart, the opposite
to 8gstole. . .
Dia-touic, aev, a tcrm signifying the ordinary s"rt of
mU5ic, which proceeds by tones or degrees. It contains
only the greater and l.csser tonc t and the greater
semitone. Diatonic is compounded of o~a, dia, n
preposition signif),jng 3 transition from one thing
to another, and the substantive TOVOS', tonos, which
imports n given degree of tension. See TONE.
Din-tribe, s. from ala, dia, through, and "P!(Jw, irivu,
I weal'. A tedious disputation.
Didactic, adj, from oloaCT""', didasko, I teacb. A terl11
applied to writings which inculcate moral prccepts.
Dj-lemma, s. from DU', dis, twice, and A1Jfl.fl.a, lemma,
an argument. An argument condsting of two or
more propositions, so dispo>ed, that, grant which you
will of them; yon will be pressed by the conclusion:
as in the following celebrated dilemma. " A youth
named Evathlus engaged with Protagoras to leal'll
dialectics, upon condition that he should pay him a
large sum of money the first cause he pleaded, in case
lie gained the same. Evathlus, when fully instructed,
refused to pay the condition. Protagoras brings his
action, arguing thus: 'You must pay the money
, hOWCVPT the cause go; for if I gain, you must pay
, in consequence of the sentence, as being cast in the
, cause; and if you gain it, )'OU must pay in pur­
, sunnce of onr. covenant.' 'Nay,' Evathlns retorts,
t which way soever the cause is decided, you will
'have nothing; for if I prevail, the sentence gives
, it that nothing is due; and if I lose, then there
'is nothing due by the covenant.' It is said't1mt
the court, unable to decide in favour of either party, .
ordered them to appear a hundrcd years aftcrward~