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|Definition=ἡ, ([[συστέλλω]])<br><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 Ptol. ''Harm.''3.7; <b class="b3">λύπη ἐστὶν ἄλογος σ.</b> ''Stoic.''3.95, cf. [[Theophrastus]] ''Fragmenta'' 77, Zeno Stoic.1.51, Epicur.''Fr.''410; especially in Medic., a [[contraction]] of the heart or lungs, opp. [[διαστολή]], Herophil. ap. ''[[Placita Philosophorum|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.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[contraction]], [[limitation]], συστολῆς μᾶλλον ἢ προσθέσεως τὰς τιμὰς δεῖσθαι Plu.''Caes.''60, cf. 2.135a.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[abasing]], [[taking down]], ib.544e.<br><span class="bld">4</span> Gramm., [[change of a long vowel into a short]], e.g. [[ξερόν]] for [[ξηρόν]], A.D.''Synt.''281.7; σ. Ἰωνικὴ ἢ ποιητική ''EM''735.51; also [[pronouncing as short]] a syllable that is strictly long, [[Dionysius of Halicarnassus|D.H.]]''[[De Compositione Verborum|Comp.]]''25, D.T.633.12, S.E.''M.''1.108.<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[lessening]] of expenses, [[retrenchment]], Plb.27.13.4, Phld.''Oec.''p.71 J. (pl.).<br><span class="bld">6</span> [[spareness]], [[tenuity]], τῶν ἀγαλμάτων Demetr.''Eloc.''14.<br><span class="bld">7</span> [[pusillanimity]], Poll.5.122.<br><span class="bld">8</span> [[fasting]], Sor.1.49, 2.15, al.<br><span class="bld">9</span> in fevers, [[remission]], Alex.Trall.''Febr.''4; but also a [[chill]], the [[cold stage]] of ague, Gal.7.428.