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ἀπότασις

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀπότασις ἀποτάσεως

Structure: ἀποτασι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. lengthening, prolongation
  2. stretching out
  3. distension (of the breast)
  4. reference

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἀπότασις ἀποτάσει ἀποτάσεις
Genitive ἀποτάσεως ἀποτάσοιν ἀποτάσεων
Dative ἀποτάσει ἀποτάσοιν ἀποτάσεσιν*
Accusative ἀπότασιν ἀποτάσει ἀποτάσεις
Vocative ἀπότασι ἀποτάσει ἀποτάσεις

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

  • Ἴδια δὲ ἑκάστησ, τετάνου μὲν ἡ ἐσ εὐθὺ ἀπότασισ ὅλου ἀστραβὴσ πάντη καὶ ἀκλινὴσ, εὐθέα δὲ καὶ σκέλεα καὶ χεῖρεσ. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., , 42)
  • "ποιεῖ δὲ τῇ τῶν ποδῶν ἀποτάσει πρὸσ ἀλλήλουσ καὶ πρὸσ τὸ ῥύγχοσ ἰσόπλευρον τρίγωνον. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 4, 4:14)

Synonyms

  1. stretching out

  2. reference

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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