διαστολή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From διαστέλλω (diastéllō) +‎ -η (-ē, abstract noun suffix), from διά (diá, “apart”) + στέλλω (stéllō, “send”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /di.as.to.lɛ̌ː/ → /ði.as.toˈli/ → /ði.as.toˈli/

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

Noun

δῐᾰστολή • (diastolḗ) f (genitive δῐᾰστολῆς); first declension

1. dilatation

   Antonym: συστολή (sustolḗ)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ δῐᾰστολή; τῆς δῐᾰστολῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ δῐᾰστολή hē diastolḗ	τὼ δῐᾰστολᾱ́ tṑ diastolā́	αἱ δῐᾰστολαί hai diastolaí
Genitive	τῆς δῐᾰστολῆς tês diastolês	τοῖν δῐᾰστολαῖν toîn diastolaîn	τῶν δῐᾰστολῶν tôn diastolôn
Dative	τῇ δῐᾰστολῇ têi diastolêi	τοῖν δῐᾰστολαῖν toîn diastolaîn	ταῖς δῐᾰστολαῖς taîs diastolaîs
Accusative	τὴν δῐᾰστολήν tḕn diastolḗn	τὼ δῐᾰστολᾱ́ tṑ diastolā́	τᾱ̀ς δῐᾰστολᾱ́ς tā̀s diastolā́s
Vocative	δῐᾰστολή diastolḗ	δῐᾰστολᾱ́ diastolā́	δῐᾰστολαί diastolaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: διαστολή (diastolí)
• → French: diastole

Further reading

• “διαστολή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “διαστολή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• διαστολή in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• διαστολή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

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Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek διαστολή (diastolḗ).

Noun

διαστολή • (diastolí) f (plural διαστολές)

1. expansion (for metals)
2. dilation, dilatation (for organs)
3. distention
4. diastole

Declension

Declension of διαστολή

	singular	plural
nominative	διαστολή •	διαστολές •
genitive	διαστολής •	διαστολών •
accusative	διαστολή •	διαστολές •
vocative	διαστολή •	διαστολές •

Further reading

• “διαστολή”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998