ἔκτασις
Third declension Noun; Feminine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
ἔκτασις
ἐκτάσεως
Structure:
ἐκτασι
(Stem)
+
ς
(Ending)
Sense
- A stretching out, extension
- (grammar) lengthening of a syllable
Declension
Third declension
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.
- οἱ ῥυθμοὶ δ’ ἐν μήκει θεωρούμενοι τὴν ἔκτασιν τῶν μελῶν καὶ τὸν διελκυσμὸν τοῦ κυλίοντοσ καὶ τὴν τοῦ πέτρου ἔρεισιν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Compositione Verborum, chapter 2034)
- ὅτῳ δὲ τρόπῳ τὴν εἰσ πᾶν μέροσ ἔκτασιν ἴσχουσιν, ἐγὼ φράσω παράδειγμά τι πρότερον εἰπὼν ἕνεκα τοῦ σαφοῦσ. (Galen, On the Natural Faculties., , section 78)
- ἄλλοτε μὲν ἐσ ἔκτασιν λέλυται τὰ μέλεα, οὐδὲ παλινδρομέει ἐσ κάμψιν, εὖτε μήκιστα κῶλα φαίνεται· ἄλλοτε δὲ κυλλὰ γίγνεται, οὐδὲ ἐσ μῆκοσ ἀποτείνεται· εἰ δὲ ἐκτανύσαι βιᾶται, ὅκωσ ξύλα ἐσ κανόνα καταξέω ν, τὰ μέλεα βραχύτερα ἑωυτέων γίγνεται· τάδε πάσχει ἄμφω τὰ εἴδεα, καὶ ἡ ἐν τοῖσ ὀφθαλμοῖσι παρθένοσ. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., , 120)
- ἢ γὰρ εἰσ ἔκτασιν λύεται, ἢ ἀκρατὶ τὰ οὖρα ἐκχέει, ἢ ξυνειλέεται ἐσ ἑωυτέην, εὖτε, ὅταν πλησθῇ οὔρου, οὐ διί̈ησιν. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., , 124)
- Καὶ γὰρ ἢν ἐκπεσόντα αὐτίκα ἐμπέσῃ, ὅμωσ φιλέει τὰ νεῦρα ξύντασιν ποιέεσθαι, καὶ κωλύειν ἐπὶ ποσὸν χρόνον τήν τε ἔκτασιν ὅσην περ φιλέει ποιέεσθαι, τήν τε ξύγκαμψιν. (Hippocrates, Oeuvres Completes D'Hippocrate., , 47.2)
Synonyms
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A stretching out
