ἔκτασις

See also: έκτασις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐκτείνω (ekteínō, “I stretch out”) +‎ -σしぐまῐς (-sis), from ἐκかっぱ (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

ἔκかっぱτたうᾰσしぐまῐς • (éktasis) f (genitive ἐκかっぱτたうᾰ́σεως); third declension

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

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἔκかっぱτたうᾰσしぐまῐς; τたうῆς ἐκかっぱτたうᾰ́σεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἔκかっぱτたうᾰσしぐまῐς hē éktasis	τたうὼ ἐκかっぱτたうᾰ́σしぐまεいぷしろんιいおた tṑ ektásei	αあるふぁἱ ἐκかっぱτたうᾰ́σεις hai ektáseis
Genitive	τたうῆς ἐκかっぱτたうᾰ́σεως tês ektáseōs	τたうοおみくろんῖνにゅー ἐκかっぱτたうᾰσέοιν toîn ektaséoin	τたうῶνにゅー ἐκかっぱτたうᾰ́σしぐまεいぷしろんωおめがνにゅー tôn ektáseōn
Dative	τたうῇ ἐκかっぱτたうᾰ́σしぐまεいぷしろんιいおた têi ektásei	τたうοおみくろんῖνにゅー ἐκかっぱτたうᾰσέοιν toîn ektaséoin	τたうαあるふぁῖς ἐκかっぱτたうᾰ́σεσῐ / ἐκかっぱτたうᾰ́σεσῐνにゅー taîs ektásesi(n)
Accusative	τたうὴνにゅー ἔκかっぱτたうᾰσしぐまῐνにゅー tḕn éktasin	τたうὼ ἐκかっぱτたうᾰ́σしぐまεいぷしろんιいおた tṑ ektásei	τたうᾱ̀ς ἐκかっぱτたうᾰ́σεις tā̀s ektáseis
Vocative	ἔκかっぱτたうᾰσしぐまῐ éktasi	ἐκかっぱτたうᾰ́σしぐまεいぷしろんιいおた ektásei	ἐκかっぱτたうᾰ́σεις 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.