A.disposition of property by will, testament, Ar.V.584,589, D.27.13, etc.; κ α τ ὰ διαθήκην by will, OGI753.8 (Cilicia), Test.Epict.4.8, BGU1113.5 (i B.C.), etc.: in pl., “διαθήκας διαθέσθαι” Lys.19.39; “θέσθαι” CIG2690 (Iasus).
II. α ἱ ἀπόρρητοι δ . mystic deposits on which the common weal depended, prob. oracles (cf. διαθέτης), Din.1.9 codd.
2. name of an eyesalve, because the recipe was deposited in a temple, Aët.7.118.
III. compact, covenant, “ἢν μ ὴ δ ι α θ ῶν τ α ι διαθήκην ἐμοί” Ar.Av.440; freq. in LXX, Ge. 6.18, al.; καινή, παλαιὰ δ ., Ev.Luc.22.20, 2 Ep.Cor.3.14; disposition (with allusion to 1), Ep.Gal.3.15, cf. Ep.Hebr.9.15.
