ἐπέκτασις
ἐπέκτασις, extension
ἐπέκ-τᾰσις, εως, ἡ,
- extension, Arist. Cael. 305b18; ἔχειν ἐ. to be capable of extension, Id. LI 971b1.
- b of Time, Just. Nov. 111.1.
- 2 explication, evolution, εἰς ἐνέργειαν καὶ ἐ. προχωρεῖν Theol.Ar. 14.
- 3 stretching of a rope, Hero Aut. 2.4; of strands of gut, Ph. Bel. 58.13; of hernia, κατʼ ἐπέκτασιν Heliod. ap. Orib. 50.42.
- 4 οἱ κατʼ ἐπέκτασιν παραλελυμένοι patients suffering from creeping paralysis, Herod.Med. ap. Orib. 10.8.1.
- II lengthening of a word, Arist. Po. 1458b2 (pl.), 1458a23, A.D. Pron. 6.14, al.; of a vowel, Id. Adv. 144.19.
ἐπέκτασις, εως (ἡ) [ᾰ]
1 extension, Arstt. Cæl. 3, 7, 4, etc. ||
2 allongement d’un mot, soit au milieu (en app. πυλάων), soit à la fin (ἐκεινοσί) Arstt. Poet. 22, 8 ; Dysc. Pron. 265c, 296b ; Triphiod. 14 ; Drac. 37, 10 ; 156, 23 ; Arcad. 197, 1 ; particul. allongement d’une voyelle brève, Dysc. Adv. 555, 3 ; 588, 1.
Étym. ἐπεκτείνω.
ἐπέκτασις, ἡ, verlängerte Ausdehnung, Eust., in der Wortbildung, Verlängerung eines Wortes, z.B. τημοῦτος aus τῆμος, Apoll.Dysc. pron. 265c ; vgl. Arist. poet. 22.