διαστολή
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From διαστέλλω (diastéllō) + -η (-ē, abstract noun suffix), from διά (diá, “apart”) + στέλλω (stéllō, “send”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /di.as.to.lɛ̌ː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /di.as.toˈle̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ði.as.toˈli/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ði.as.toˈli/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ði.as.toˈli/
Noun
δῐᾰστολή • (dĭăstolḗ) f (genitive δῐᾰστολῆς); first declension
- dilatation
- Antonym: συστολή (sustolḗ)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ δῐᾰστολή hē dĭăstolḗ |
τὼ δῐᾰστολᾱ́ tṑ dĭăstolā́ |
αἱ δῐᾰστολαί hai dĭăstolaí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς δῐᾰστολῆς tês dĭăstolês |
τοῖν δῐᾰστολαῖν toîn dĭăstolaîn |
τῶν δῐᾰστολῶν tôn dĭăstolôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ δῐᾰστολῇ tēî dĭăstolēî |
τοῖν δῐᾰστολαῖν toîn dĭăstolaîn |
ταῖς δῐᾰστολαῖς taîs dĭăstolaîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν δῐᾰστολήν tḕn dĭăstolḗn |
τὼ δῐᾰστολᾱ́ tṑ dĭăstolā́ |
τᾱ̀ς δῐᾰστολᾱ́ς tā̀s dĭăstolā́s | ||||||||||
| Vocative | δῐᾰστολή dĭăstolḗ |
δῐᾰστολᾱ́ dĭăstolā́ |
δῐᾰστολαί dĭăstolaí | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → English: diastole
- → Finnish: diastole
- → French: diastole
- → Dutch: diastole
- Greek: διαστολή (diastolí)
- → Italian: diastole
- → Latin: diastolē
- → German: Diastole
- → Norwegian Bokmål: diastole
- → Norwegian Nynorsk: diastole
Further reading
- “διαστολή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “διαστολή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- διαστολή in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- διαστολή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek διαστολή (diastolḗ).
Noun
διαστολή • (diastolí) f (plural διαστολές)
- expansion (for metals)
- dilation, dilatation (for organs)
- distention
- diastole
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | διαστολή (diastolí) | διαστολές (diastolés) |
| genitive | διαστολής (diastolís) | διαστολών (diastolón) |
| accusative | διαστολή (diastolí) | διαστολές (diastolés) |
| vocative | διαστολή (diastolí) | διαστολές (diastolés) |
Further reading
- διαστολή, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language