συστολή

English (LSJ)

ἡ, (συστέλλω)

   A drawing together, drawing up, contraction, σ. εἰς αὑτάς (of souls in pain) Plu.2.564b; [τὴν ψυχὴν] ποτὲ μὲν εἰς ἡδονὰς καὶ διαχύσεις ἄγεσθαι, ποτὲ δὲ εἰς οἴκτους καὶ συστολάς Ptol. Harm.3.7; λύπη ἐστὶν ἄλογος σ. Stoic.3.95, cf. Thphr.Fr.77, Zeno Stoic.1.51, Epicur.Fr.410; esp. in Medic., a contraction of the heart or lungs, opp. διαστολή, Herophil. ap. Placit.4.22.3; σφυγμός ἐστι διαστολὴ καὶ σ. καρδίας καὶ ἀρτηριῶν Gal.8.700; of other organs, [τῆς μήτρας] Sor.1.70b; συστολαί τινες ἀνειδεῖς εἰς ἄρθρα Alex.Trall. Verm.p.589 P., cf. Gal.18(2).128.    2 contraction, limitation, συστολῆς μᾶλλον ἢ προσθέσεως τὰς τιμὰς δεῖσθαι Plu.Caes.60, cf. 2.135a.    3 abasing, taking down, ib.544e.    4 Gramm., change of a long vowel into a short, e.g. ξερόν for ξηρόν, A.D.Synt.281.7; σ. Ἰωνικὴ ἢ ποιητική EM735.51; also pronouncing as short a syllable that is strictly long, D.H.Comp.25, D.T.633.12, S.E.M.1.108.    5 lessening of expenses, retrenchment, Plb.27.13.4, Phld.Oec.p.71 J. (pl.).    6 spareness, tenuity, τῶν ἀγαλμάτων Demetr.Eloc.14.    7 pusillanimity, Poll.5.122.    8 fasting, Sor.1.49, 2.15, al.    9 in fevers, remission, Alex.Trall.Febr.4; but also a chill, the cold stage of ague, Gal.7.428.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1045] ἡ, das Zusammenziehen, Abkürzen, Vermindern; bes. Einschränkung der Ausgaben, Sparsamkeit, Pol. 27, 12, 4; Ggstz πρόσθεσις, Plut. Caes. 60. Bei den Gramm. die Veränderung eines langen Vocals in einen kurzen, z. B. ἔσαν statt ἦσαν; auch die kurze Aussprache einer eigentlich langen Sylbe.