τάσις

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Ancient Greek[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Hellenic *tə́tsis, from the oblique stem of Proto-Indo-European *tén-tis, from *ten- (stretch). Equivalent to τείνω (teínō, I stretch) +‎ -σῐς (-sis).

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Noun[edit]

τᾰ́σῐς (tásisf (genitive τᾰ́σεως); third declension

  1. stretching, tension
  2. extension
  3. (in music) pitch of the voice
  4. intensity, force
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Pronunciation 2[edit]

 

Noun[edit]

τᾰ́σῑς (tásīsf

  1. accusative plural of τᾰ́σῐς (tásis)