Aristotle Greek Lexicon ἔκτασις

ἔκτασις

ektasis

stretching out, extension

Appears 7 times across Aristotle's works.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἔκτασις, εως, , (ἐκτείνω) A. stretching out, extension, Hp. Art. 19 ; σκέλους, κώλων, Arist. IA 711a30, PA 688a16 ; καμπὴ καὶ ἔ. Pl. Lg. 795e : metaph., ἔ. ἄρρητος τῆς ἑαυτοῦ <οὐσίας> Porph. Sent. 28 ; ἡ εἰς πλῆθος ἔ. Procl. Inst. 128. 2. extent, φιλίας Max.Tyr. 6.2 ; παμπληθῆ θεωρίας ἔ. Iamb. VP 29.162. 3. mental tension, v.l. for ἔκστασις in D.H. Comp. 15. 4. making explicit, κατʼ ἔκτασιν, opp. κατʼ ἐπίνοιαν, Theol.Ar. 5, cf. 12. 5. impulse, τοῦ ὀρεκτικοῦ ἐπί τι Plot. 1.1.5. 6. Tact., extension, deployment, συναγωγαὶ καὶ ἐκτάσεις στρατιᾶς Pl. R. 526d, cf. Onos. 10.2. II. lengthening of a short syllable, D.H. Comp. 25 (pl.); κατʼ ἔκτασιν παραλαμβάνεσθαι D.T. 632.32 ; ἔστιν ἐν ἐκτάσει τοῦ ῑ A.D. Adv. 161.6.

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