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ἔκτασις

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἔκτασις ἐκτάσεως

Structure: ἐκτασι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: e)ktei/nw

Sense

  1. A stretching out, extension
  2. (grammar) lengthening of a syllable

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἔκτασις ἐκτάσει ἐκτάσεις
Genitive ἐκτάσεως ἐκτάσοιν ἐκτάσεων
Dative ἐκτάσει ἐκτάσοιν ἐκτάσεσιν*
Accusative έ̓κτασιν ἐκτάσει ἐκτάσεις
Vocative έ̓κτασι ἐκτάσει ἐκτάσεις

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

  • καὶ ἐρεῖσ. τάδε λέγει Κύριοσ. ὁ ἀετὸσ ὁ μέγασ ὁ μεγαλοπτέρυγοσ, ὁ μακρὸσ τῇ ἐκτάσει, πλήρησ ὀνύχων, ὃσ ἔχει τὸ ἥγημα εἰσελθεῖν εἰσ τὸν Λίβανον καὶ ἔλαβε τὰ ἐπίλεκτα τῆσ κέδρου, (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 17:3)
  • φέρεσθαι μὲν γὰρ τὴν ὄψιν τεταμένην ὡσ ἐπὶ τὸν χαλκόν, ἐντυχοῦσαν δὲ πυκνῷ καὶ λείῳ πληχθεῖσαν ὑποστρέφειν αὐτὴν ἐφ’ ἑαυτήν, ὅμοιόν τι πάσχουσαν τῇ ἐκτάσει τῆσ χειρὸσ καὶ τῇ ἐπὶ τὸν ὦμον ἀντεπιστροφῇ. (Pseudo-Plutarch, Placita Philosophorum, book 4, 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. A stretching out

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