ἔκτᾰσις, εως, ἡ,
(ἐκτείνω) stretching out, extension, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 19 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; σκέλους, κώλων, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Incessu Animalium” 711a30, “PA” 688a16; καμπὴ καὶ ἔ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 795e: _metaphorically_, ἔ. ἄρρητος τῆς ἑαυτοῦ [οὐσίας] 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “Sententiae ad intelligibilia ducentes” 28; ἡ εἰς πλῆθος ἔ. 5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “Inst.” 128. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 extent, φιλίας [[ 2nd c.AD: Maximus Tyrius Sophista 6.2; παμπληθῆ θεωρίας ἔ. 4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “de vita Pythagorica” 29.162. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__3 mental tension, variant for{ἔκστασις} in [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 15. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__4 making explicit, κατ᾽ ἔκτασιν, opposed to κατ᾽ ἐπίνοιαν, [[ “Theologumena Arithmeticae” 5, compare 12. ] Refs]
__5 impulse, τοῦ ὀρεκτικοῦ ἐπί τι [[ 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 1.1.5. ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__6 Tact., extension, deployment, συναγωγαὶ καὶ ἐκτάσεις στρατιᾶς [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 526d, compare 1st c.AD: Onosander (Onasander) Tacticus 10.2. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II lengthening of a short syllable, [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 25 (_plural_); κατ᾽ ἔκτασιν παραλαμβάνεσθαι 2nd c.BC: Dionysius Thrax Grammaticus 632.32; ἔστιν ἐν ἐκτάσει τοῦ ῑ 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Adverbiis;” 161.6. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]