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τάσις

Third declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: τάσις τάσεως

Structure: τασι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: tei/nw

Sense

  1. stretching, tension
  2. extension
  3. (in music) pitch of the voice
  4. intensity, force

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.

Examples

  • Ἀρίσταρχοσ δὲ καὶ τὸν καρπὸν καὶ τὸ δένδρον ὁμοίωσ προφέρεται κατ’ ὀξεῖαν τάσιν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 40 1:1)
  • ἐν δὲ ταῖσ πλαγίοισ τὰ τοιαῦτα ἐπὶ τῆσ αὐτῆσ συλλαβῆσ φυλάττειν τὴν τάσιν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 76 3:1)
  • οὐ γὰρ ἐξῆν τὸ παλαιὸν οὕτω ποιεῖσθαι τὰσ κιθαρῳδίασ ὡσ νῦν οὐδὲ μεταφέρειν τὰσ ἁρμονίασ καὶ τοὺσ ῥυθμούσ ἐν γὰρ τοῖσ νόμοισ ἑκάστῳ διετήρουν τὴν οἰκείαν τάσιν· (Pseudo-Plutarch, De musica, section 6 1:1)
  • ἔρρωται γὰρ μάλιστα μήκει δρόμου σφοδρότητα καὶ ῥύμην τῇ διεξελάσει διδόντοσ, αἱ δὲ ἐκ βραχέοσ ἀφέσεισ ἄπρακτοι καί ἀμβλεῖαι, καθάπερ βελῶν τάσιν οὐ λαβόντων. (Plutarch, Sulla, chapter 18 3:1)
  • βλέψον ἐσ Ἑρμογένην πλήρει χερί, καὶ τάχα πρήξεισ παιδοκόραξ ὧν σοι θυμὸσ ὀνειροπολεῖ, καὶ στυγνὴν ὀφρύων λύσεισ τάσιν· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 12, chapter 421)

Synonyms

  1. stretching

  2. extension

  3. pitch of the voice

  4. intensity

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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