συστολή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From συστέλλω (sustéllō) +‎ -η (-ē, abstract noun suffix), from σύν (sún, “together”) + στέλλω (stéllō, “send”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

σῠστολή • (sŭstolḗ) f (genitive σῠστολῆς); first declension

  1. contraction, drawing together
  2. (physiology) contraction of the heart; systole
    Antonym: διαστολή (diastolḗ)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ σῠστολή; τῆς σῠστολῆς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ σῠστολή
hē sŭstolḗ 		τὼ σῠστολᾱ́
tṑ sŭstolā́ 		αἱ σῠστολαί
hai sŭstolaí
Genitive τῆς σῠστολῆς
tês sŭstolês 		τοῖν σῠστολαῖν
toîn sŭstolaîn 		τῶν σῠστολῶν
tôn sŭstolôn
Dative τῇ σῠστολῇ
tēî sŭstolēî 		τοῖν σῠστολαῖν
toîn sŭstolaîn 		ταῖς σῠστολαῖς
taîs sŭstolaîs
Accusative τὴν σῠστολήν
tḕn sŭstolḗn 		τὼ σῠστολᾱ́
tṑ sŭstolā́ 		τᾱ̀ς σῠστολᾱ́ς
tā̀s sŭstolā́s
Vocative σῠστολή
sŭstolḗ 		σῠστολᾱ́
sŭstolā́ 		σῠστολαί
sŭstolaí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → French: systole
  • Greek: συστολή (systolí)

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