ἐπέκτασις

English (LSJ)

εως, ἡ,

   A extension, Arist. Cael.305b18; ἔχειν ἐ. to be capable of extension, Id.LI971b1.    b of Time, Just.Nov.111.1.    2 explication, evolution, εἰς ἐνέργειαν καὶ ἐ. προχωρεῖν Theol.Ar.14.    3 stretching of 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 παραλελυμένοι patients suffering from creeping paralysis, Herod. Med. ap. Orib.10.8.1.    II lengthening of a word, Arist.Po.1458b2 (pl.), 1458a23, A.D.Pron.6.14,al.; of a vowel, Id.Adv.144.19.