stretching,
ἐπίτᾰσις,εως,ἡ , ̔ἐπιτείνὠ
A. stretching,
[νεύρων]
Hp. Art. 8
(pl.) ; δέρματος
Thphr. Fr. 172.2
;ἐ. καὶ ἄνεσις τῶν χορδῶν tighteningand slackening, Pl. R. 349e , cf. Plu. 2.99c .
2. discharge, fireof artillery, Ph. Bel. 79.26 (pl.); ἐ. τῶν καταπελτῶν
App. Pun. 93
(pl.).
3. increase in intensityorforce,opp.ἄνεσις,
Arist. Cael. 288a19 ,al. ;ἐπιτάσιες πυρετῶν,opp.ἀνέσιες,
Hp.
Acut.(Sp.)
54 ; χειμῶνος
Thphr. Sign. 43
; ὄμβρων
Plb. 4.39.9
(pl.) ; πόνων
Thphr. Sud. 11
, cf. Plu. 2.732c sq. ; ἐ. εἴς τι λαμβάνειν
Porph. Sent. 32
; of style,intensity,opp.ἄνεσις,
Phld. Rh. 1.198S. , D.H. Isoc. 13 ;exaggeration,
Longin. 38.6 ;emphasis,
Hdn. Fig. p.91S. ; in Gramm.,ἐπιρρήματα ἐπιτάσεως,e.g.λίαν, σφόδρα,
D.T. 642.13 , cf. A.D. Conj. 223.4 .
4. presence of pitch accent,opp.ἄνεσις,
Phld. Po. 2.18 ,Po.IVa. 4 ( p.274H. ).
5. vehemence, asperity,opp.ἠπιότης,
Id. Hom. p.33 O. ; διαβολῆς
Id. Vit. p.42
J.
6.
= ἐπέκτασις (quod fort. leg.), Theol.Ar. 55 .
