ἔκτασις

See also: έκτασις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐκτείνω (ekteínō, “I stretch out”) +‎ -σῐς (-sĭs), 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 • (éktăsĭs) 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 éktăsĭs	τὼ ἐκτᾰ́σει tṑ ektắsei	αἱ ἐκτᾰ́σεις hai ektắseis
Genitive	τῆς ἐκτᾰ́σεως tês ektắseōs	τοῖν ἐκτᾰσέοιν toîn ektăséoin	τῶν ἐκτᾰ́σεων tôn ektắseōn
Dative	τῇ ἐκτᾰ́σει têi ektắsei	τοῖν ἐκτᾰσέοιν toîn ektăséoin	ταῖς ἐκτᾰ́σεσῐ / ἐκτᾰ́σεσῐν taîs ektắsesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἔκτᾰσῐν tḕn éktăsĭn	τὼ ἐκτᾰ́σει tṑ ektắsei	τᾱ̀ς ἐκτᾰ́σεις tā̀s ektắseis
Vocative	ἔκτᾰσῐ éktăsĭ	ἐκτᾰ́σει ektắsei	ἐκτᾰ́σεις ektắseis
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 (2006–2025)
• 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.