ἐπέκ-τᾰσις,εως,ἡ,
A. extension,
Arist. Cael. 305b18 ;ἔχειν ἐ.to be capable ofextension,
Id. LI 971b1 .
b. of Time, Just. Nov. 111.1 .
2. explication, evolution,
εἰς ἐνέργειαν καὶ ἐ. προχωρεῖν
Theol.Ar. 14
.
3. stretchingof a rope, Hero Aut. 2.4 ; of strands of gut, Ph. Bel. 58.13 ; of hernia, κατ' ἐπέκτασιν
Heliod.
ap. Orib. 50.42 .
4. οἱ κατ' ἐπέκτασιν παραλελυμένοιpatients suffering fromcreepingparalysis, Herod.
Med. ap. Orib. 10.8.1 .
II. lengtheningof a word, Arist. Po. 1458b2 (pl.), 1458a23 , A.D. Pron. 6.14 ,al.; of a vowel, Id. Adv. 144.19 .