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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

  • τῆσ ὀρχήσεωσ δὲ ἄλλη μὲν Μούσησ λέξιν μιμουμένων, τό τε μεγαλοπρεπὲσ φυλάττοντασ ἅμα καὶ ἐλεύθερον, ἄλλη δέ, εὐεξίασ ἐλαφρότητόσ τε ἕνεκα καὶ κάλλουσ, τῶν τοῦ σώματοσ αὐτοῦ μελῶν καὶ μερῶν τὸ προσῆκον καμπῆσ τε καὶ ἐκτάσεωσ, καὶ ἀποδιδομένησ ἑκάστοισ αὐτοῖσ αὑτῶν εὐρύθμου κινήσεωσ, διασπειρομένησ ἅμα καὶ συνακολουθούσησ εἰσ πᾶσαν τὴν ὄρχησιν ἱκανῶσ. (Plato, Laws, book 7 48:1)

Synonyms

  1. A stretching out

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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