ἔντασις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἐντείνω (enteínō). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /én.ta.sis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈen.ta.sis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈen.ta.sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈen.ta.sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈen.da.sis/
Noun
ἔντᾰσῐς • (éntăsĭs) f (genitive ἐντᾰ́σεως); third declension
- inscribing
- tension, straining
- exertion
- (architecture) swelling in the outline of a column
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ἔντᾰσῐς hē éntăsĭs |
τὼ ἐντᾰ́σει tṑ entắsei |
αἱ ἐντᾰ́σεις hai entắseis | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ἐντᾰ́σεως tês entắseōs |
τοῖν ἐντᾰσέοιν toîn entăséoin |
τῶν ἐντᾰ́σεων tôn entắseōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ἐντᾰ́σει tēî entắsei |
τοῖν ἐντᾰσέοιν toîn entăséoin |
ταῖς ἐντᾰ́σεσῐ / ἐντᾰ́σεσῐν taîs entắsesĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ἔντᾰσῐν tḕn éntăsĭn |
τὼ ἐντᾰ́σει tṑ entắsei |
τᾱ̀ς ἐντᾰ́σεις tā̀s entắseis | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἔντᾰσῐ éntăsĭ |
ἐντᾰ́σει entắsei |
ἐντᾰ́σεις entắseis | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- τοῦ προσώπου ἔντᾰσῐς (toû prosṓpou éntăsĭs)
Further reading
- “ἔντᾰσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἔντασις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers