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διαστολή

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: διαστολή

Structure: διαστολ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: diaste/llw

Sense

  1. a notch or nick

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative διαστολή διαστολᾱ́ διαστολαί
Genitive διαστολῆς διαστολαῖν διαστολῶν
Dative διαστολῇ διαστολαῖν διαστολαῖς
Accusative διαστολήν διαστολᾱ́ διαστολᾱ́ς
Vocative διαστολή διαστολᾱ́ διαστολαί

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

  • τὸν οὖν πνεύμονα νομίζει μόνον ὀρέγεσθαι διαστολῆσ τε καὶ συστολῆσ φυσικῶσ· (Pseudo-Plutarch, Placita Philosophorum, book 4, 9:2)
  • ταῦτα δ’, ὡσ ἐμοὶ δοκεῖ, τῆσ πάσησ ἐστὶν ἀλογίασ πλήρη καὶ διαστολῆσ οὐ προσδεῖται τὸ παράπαν. (Polybius, Histories, book 1, chapter 15 6:1)
  • τῶν μέντοι γ’ Ἀράτῳ διῳκημένων καὶ νῦν καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα πάλιν ἐπικεφαλαιούμενοι μνησθησόμεθα διὰ τὸ καὶ λίαν ἀληθινοὺσ καὶ σαφεῖσ ἐκεῖνον περὶ τῶν ἰδίων συντεταχέναι πράξεων ὑπομνηματισμούσ, τῶν δὲ τοῖσ ἄλλοισ ἀκριβεστέραν καὶ μετὰ διαστολῆσ ποιησόμεθα τὴν ἐξήγησιν. (Polybius, Histories, book 2, chapter 40 4:1)
  • ποιήσομαι δ’ οὐ πρὸσ ἅπαντασ, ἀλλ’ ὅσουσ ὑπολαμβάνω μνήμησ ἀξίουσ εἶναι καὶ διαστολῆσ· (Polybius, Histories, book 16, chapter 14 2:1)
  • ‐ Οὐ χρὴ θαυμάζειν εἰ φιλοτιμότερον ἐξηγούμεθα τὰ κατὰ τὸν Σκιπίωνα καὶ πᾶν τὸ ῥηθὲν ὑπ’ αὐτοῦ μετὰ διαστολῆσ ἐξαγγέλλομεν. (Polybius, Histories, book 36, chapter 8 5:2)

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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