συστολή: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, (συστέλλω) <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[drawing together]], [[drawing up]], [[contraction]], <b class="b3">σ. εἰς αὑτάς</b> (of souls in pain) Plu.2.564b; [τὴν ψυχὴν] ποτὲ μὲν εἰς ἡδονὰς καὶ διαχύσεις ἄγεσθαι, ποτὲ δὲ εἰς οἴκτους καὶ συστολάς <span class="bibl">Ptol. <span class="title">Harm.</span>3.7</span>; <b class="b3">λύπη ἐστὶν ἄλογος σ</b>. <span class="title">Stoic.</span>3.95, cf. <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Fr.</span>77</span>, Zeno Stoic.1.51, <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Fr.</span>410</span>; esp. in Medic., a [[contraction]] of the heart or lungs, opp. [[διαστολή]], Herophil. ap. <span class="title">Placit.</span>4.22.3; σφυγμός ἐστι διαστολὴ καὶ σ. καρδίας καὶ ἀρτηριῶν Gal.8.700; of other organs, [<b class="b3">τῆς μήτρας</b>] <span class="bibl">Sor.1.70b</span>; συστολαί τινες ἀνειδεῖς εἰς ἄρθρα <span class="bibl">Alex.Trall. <span class="title">Verm.</span>p.589</span> P., cf. Gal.18(2).128. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[contraction]], [[limitation]], συστολῆς μᾶλλον ἢ προσθέσεως τὰς τιμὰς δεῖσθαι <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Caes.</span>60</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">2.135a</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[abasing]], [[taking down]], ib.<span class="bibl">544e</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> Gramm., [[change of a long vowel into a short]], e.g. [[ξερόν]] for [[ξηρόν]], <span class="bibl">A.D.<span class="title">Synt.</span>281.7</span>; σ. Ἰωνικὴ ἢ ποιητική <span class="bibl"><span class="title">EM</span>735.51</span>; also [[pronouncing as short]] a syllable that is strictly long, <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Comp.</span>25</span>, <span class="bibl">D.T.633.12</span>, <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">M.</span>1.108</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> [[lessening]] of expenses, [[retrenchment]], <span class="bibl">Plb.27.13.4</span>, <span class="bibl">Phld.<span class="title">Oec.</span>p.71</span> J. (pl.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">6</span> [[spareness]], [[tenuity]], τῶν ἀγαλμάτων <span class="bibl">Demetr.<span class="title">Eloc.</span>14</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">7</span> [[pusillanimity]], <span class="bibl">Poll.5.122</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">8</span> [[fasting]], <span class="bibl">Sor.1.49</span>, <span class="bibl">2.15</span>, al. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">9</span> in fevers, [[remission]], <span class="bibl">Alex.Trall.<span class="title">Febr.</span>4</span>; but also a [[chill]], the [[cold stage]] of ague, Gal.7.428.</span>