διαστολή
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From διαστέλλω (diastéllō) + -η (-ē, abstract noun suffix), from διά (diá, “apart”) + στέλλω (stéllō, “send”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /di.as.to.lɛ̌ː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /di.as.toˈle̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ði.as.toˈli/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ði.as.toˈli/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ði.as.toˈli/
Noun
δῐᾰστολή • (diastolḗ) f (genitive δῐᾰστολῆς); first declension
- dilatation
- Antonym: συστολή (sustolḗ)
Inflection
First declension of ἡ δῐᾰστολή; τῆς δῐᾰστολῆς (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ δῐᾰστολή hē diastolḗ | τὼ δῐᾰστολᾱ́ tṑ diastolā́ | αἱ δῐᾰστολαί hai diastolaí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς δῐᾰστολῆς tês diastolês | τοῖν δῐᾰστολαῖν toîn diastolaîn | τῶν δῐᾰστολῶν tôn diastolôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ δῐᾰστολῇ têi diastolêi | τοῖν δῐᾰστολαῖν toîn diastolaîn | ταῖς δῐᾰστολαῖς taîs diastolaîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν δῐᾰστολήν tḕn diastolḗn | τὼ δῐᾰστολᾱ́ tṑ diastolā́ | τᾱ̀ς δῐᾰστολᾱ́ς tā̀s diastolā́s | ||||||||||
Vocative | δῐᾰστολή diastolḗ | δῐᾰστολᾱ́ diastolā́ | δῐᾰστολαί diastolaí | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: διαστολή (diastolí)
- → French: diastole
Further reading
- “διαστολή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “διαστολή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- διαστολή in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- διαστολή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek διαστολή (diastolḗ).
Noun
διαστολή • (diastolí) f (plural διαστολές)
- expansion (for metals)
- dilation, dilatation (for organs)
- distention
- diastole
Declension
declension of διαστολή
case \\ number | singular | plural |
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nominative | διαστολή • | διαστολές • |
genitive | διαστολής • | διαστολών • |
accusative | διαστολή • | διαστολές • |
vocative | διαστολή • | διαστολές • |
Further reading
- διαστολή - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.