"catastasis" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /kəˈtæstəsɪs/ Forms: catastases [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek κατάστασις (katástasis, “settling, appointment”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|κατάστασις||settling, appointment}} Ancient Greek κατάστασις (katástasis, “settling, appointment”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~|catastases}} catastasis (countable and uncountable, plural catastases)
  1. In classical drama, the second and penultimate section, in which action is heightened for the catastrophe. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Drama
    Sense id: en-catastasis-en-noun-k4OfOelu Disambiguation of Drama: 58 42
  2. (rhetoric) The part of a speech that states the subject to be discussed. Tags: countable, rhetoric, uncountable Categories (topical): Rhetoric
    Sense id: en-catastasis-en-noun-desO9tkq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 75 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 17 83 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 21 79
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: protasis, epitasis, catastrophe

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