ἐπέκτασις

epektasis

extension

Appears 4 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Poetics 2
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Chapter 22 1458a18–1459a16

1458a23
1458b2
On the Heavens 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 7 305a33–306b2

305b18
De Lineis Insecabilibus 1
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Chapter 1 968a1–972b33

971b1

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐπέκτασις, εως, ἡ, A. extension, Arist. Cael. 305b18; ἔχειν ἐ. to be capable of extension, Id. LI 971b1. b. of Time, Just. Nov. 111.1. 2. explication, evolution, εἰς ἐνέργειαν καὶ ἐ. προχωρεῖν Theol.Ar. 14. 3. stretching of a rope, Hero Aut. 2.4; of strands of gut, Ph. Bel. 58.13; of hernia, κατʼ ἐπέκτασιν Heliod. ap. Orib. 50.42. 4. οἱ κατʼ ἐπέκτασιν παραλελυμένοι patients suffering from creeping paralysis, Herod. Med. ap. Orib. 10.8.1. II. lengthening of a word, Arist. Po. 1458b2 (pl.), 1458a23, A.D. Pron. 6.14,al.; of a vowel, Id. Adv. 144.19.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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