διάτασις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δῐᾰτείνω (diateínō, to stretch to the uttermost) + -σῐς (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

δῐᾰ́τᾰσῐς • (diátasis) f (genitive δῐᾰτᾰ́σεως); third declension

  1. tension, dilatation
  2. extension (of a fractured or dislocated limb)
  3. stretching across
  4. tension, exertion
  5. contention, quarrel

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