διάτασις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δῐᾰτείνω (diateínō, “to stretch to the uttermost”) +‎ -σῐς (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /di.á.ta.sis/ → /ðiˈa.ta.sis/ → /ðiˈa.ta.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /di.á.ta.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /diˈa.ta.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðiˈa.ta.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðiˈa.ta.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðiˈa.ta.sis/

Noun

δῐᾰ́τᾰσῐς • (diátasis) f (genitive δῐᾰτᾰ́σεως); third declension

1. tension, dilatation
2. extension (of a fractured or dislocated limb)
3. stretching across
4. tension, exertion
5. contention, quarrel

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ δῐᾰ́τᾰσῐς; τῆς δῐᾰτᾰ́σεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ δῐᾰ́τᾰσῐς hē diátasis	τὼ δῐᾰτᾰ́σει tṑ diatásei	αἱ δῐᾰτᾰ́σεις hai diatáseis
Genitive	τῆς δῐᾰτᾰ́σεως tês diatáseōs	τοῖν δῐᾰτᾰσέοιν toîn diataséoin	τῶν δῐᾰτᾰ́σεων tôn diatáseōn
Dative	τῇ δῐᾰτᾰ́σει têi diatásei	τοῖν δῐᾰτᾰσέοιν toîn diataséoin	ταῖς δῐᾰτᾰ́σεσῐ / δῐᾰτᾰ́σεσῐν taîs diatásesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν δῐᾰ́τᾰσῐν tḕn diátasin	τὼ δῐᾰτᾰ́σει tṑ diatásei	τᾱ̀ς δῐᾰτᾰ́σεις tā̀s diatáseis
Vocative	δῐᾰ́τᾰσῐ diátasi	δῐᾰτᾰ́σει diatásei	δῐᾰτᾰ́σεις diatáseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “διάτασις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “διάτασις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• διάτασις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• διάτασις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • distention idem, page 241.
  • strain idem, page 822.
  • tension idem, page 862.
  • tightness idem, page 874.