συστολή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sys.to.lɛ̌ː/ → /sys.toˈli/ → /sis.toˈli/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sys.to.lɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /sys.toˈle̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /sys.toˈli/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /sys.toˈli/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /sis.toˈli/

Noun

σῠστολή • (sustolḗ) 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 sustolḗ	τὼ σῠστολᾱ́ tṑ sustolā́	αἱ σῠστολαί hai sustolaí
Genitive	τῆς σῠστολῆς tês sustolês	τοῖν σῠστολαῖν toîn sustolaîn	τῶν σῠστολῶν tôn sustolôn
Dative	τῇ σῠστολῇ têi sustolêi	τοῖν σῠστολαῖν toîn sustolaîn	ταῖς σῠστολαῖς taîs sustolaîs
Accusative	τὴν σῠστολήν tḕn sustolḗn	τὼ σῠστολᾱ́ tṑ sustolā́	τᾱ̀ς σῠστολᾱ́ς tā̀s sustolā́s
Vocative	σῠστολή sustolḗ	σῠστολᾱ́ sustolā́	σῠστολαί sustolaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

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

Further reading

• “συστολή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “συστολή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• συστολή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette