τάσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *tə́tsis, from the oblique stem of Proto-Indo-European *tén-tis, from *ten- (stretch). Equivalent to τείνω (teínō, I stretch) + -σῐς (-sis).

Pronunciation 1

 

Noun

τᾰ́σῐς • (tásis) f (genitive τᾰ́σεως); third declension

  1. stretching, tension
  2. extension
  3. (in music) pitch of the voice
  4. intensity, force
Inflection
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Pronunciation 2

 

Noun

τᾰ́σῑς • (tásīs) f

  1. accusative plural of τᾰ́σῐς (tásis)
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