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, κατ’ ἐπέκτασιν Heliod. ap. Orib. 50.42.
4.
οἱ κατ’ 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.