διάστασις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δῐίστημῐ (diístēmi, “separate, stand apart”) with stem as in στᾰ́σῐς (stásis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /di.ás.ta.sis/ → /ðiˈas.ta.sis/ → /ðiˈas.ta.sis/

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

Noun

δῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς • (diástasis) f (genitive δῐᾰστᾰ́σεως); third declension

1. separation
2. distension
3. contrast
4. disagreement
5. (Koine) divorce

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ δῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς; τῆς δῐᾰστᾰ́σεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ δῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς hē diástasis	τὼ δῐᾰστᾰ́σει tṑ diastásei	αἱ δῐᾰστᾰ́σεις hai diastáseis
Genitive	τῆς δῐᾰστᾰ́σεως tês diastáseōs	τοῖν δῐᾰστᾰσέοιν toîn diastaséoin	τῶν δῐᾰστᾰ́σεων tôn diastáseōn
Dative	τῇ δῐᾰστᾰ́σει têi diastásei	τοῖν δῐᾰστᾰσέοιν toîn diastaséoin	ταῖς δῐᾰστᾰ́σεσῐ / δῐᾰστᾰ́σεσῐν taîs diastásesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν δῐᾰ́στᾰσῐν tḕn diástasin	τὼ δῐᾰστᾰ́σει tṑ diastásei	τᾱ̀ς δῐᾰστᾰ́σεις tā̀s diastáseis
Vocative	δῐᾰ́στᾰσῐ diástasi	δῐᾰστᾰ́σει diastásei	δῐᾰστᾰ́σεις diastáseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: διάσταση f (diástasi)

Further reading

• “διάστασις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “διάστασις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• διάστασις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• διάστασις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)