"ecstasis" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ecstases [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~|ecstases}} ecstasis (countable and uncountable, plural ecstases)
  1. Alternative form of ekstasis. Tags: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: ekstasis
    Sense id: en-ecstasis-en-noun-Nl~8CGdf Categories (other): Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 45 55
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} ecstasis
  1. (prosody) Synonym of paragoge. Synonyms: paragoge [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-ecstasis-en-noun-DBdgbaDm Categories (other): Prosody, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 43 57 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 45 55 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonology, prosody, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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