"epitasis" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ɪˈpɪtəsɪs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-epitasis.wav Forms: epitases [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἐπίτασις (epítasis, “stretching”), from ἐπιτείνω (epiteínō, “to stretch”), from ἐπί (epí) + τείνω (teínō, “stretch”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|ἐπίτασις||stretching}} Ancient Greek ἐπίτασις (epítasis, “stretching”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~|epitases}} epitasis (countable and uncountable, plural epitases)
  1. (ancient drama) The second part of a play, in which the action begins. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Drama
    Sense id: en-epitasis-en-noun-DL1fn1l6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 47 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 45 47 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 46 5
  2. (rhetoric) The addition of a concluding sentence that merely emphasizes what has already been stated. Tags: countable, rhetoric, uncountable Categories (topical): Rhetoric
    Sense id: en-epitasis-en-noun-yL9HfsjR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 47 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 45 47 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 46 5
  3. (obsolete) The period of violence in a fever or disease; paroxysm. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-epitasis-en-noun-bKc7-uqr
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: protasis, catastasis, catastrophe

Inflected forms

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