ἔκτασις

See also: έκτασις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐκτείνω (ekteínō, “I stretch out”) +‎ -σῐς (-sis), from ἐκ (ek, “out”) + τείνω (teínō, “I stretch”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ék.ta.sis/ → /ˈek.ta.sis/ → /ˈek.ta.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ék.ta.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈek.ta.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈek.ta.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈek.ta.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈek.ta.sis/

Noun

ἔκτᾰσῐς • (éktasis) f (genitive ἐκτᾰ́σεως); third declension

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

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἔκτᾰσῐς; τῆς ἐκτᾰ́σεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἔκτᾰσῐς hē éktasis	τὼ ἐκτᾰ́σει tṑ ektásei	αἱ ἐκτᾰ́σεις hai ektáseis
Genitive	τῆς ἐκτᾰ́σεως tês ektáseōs	τοῖν ἐκτᾰσέοιν toîn ektaséoin	τῶν ἐκτᾰ́σεων tôn ektáseōn
Dative	τῇ ἐκτᾰ́σει têi ektásei	τοῖν ἐκτᾰσέοιν toîn ektaséoin	ταῖς ἐκτᾰ́σεσῐ / ἐκτᾰ́σεσῐν taîs ektásesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἔκτᾰσῐν tḕn éktasin	τὼ ἐκτᾰ́σει tṑ ektásei	τᾱ̀ς ἐκτᾰ́σεις tā̀s ektáseis
Vocative	ἔκτᾰσῐ éktasi	ἐκτᾰ́σει ektásei	ἐκτᾰ́σεις ektáseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “ἔκτασις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἔκτασις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἔκτασις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἔκτασις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • elongation idem, page 265.
  • expansion idem, page 292.
  • extension idem, page 296.