συστολή
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From συστέλλω (sustéllō) + -η (-ē, abstract noun suffix), from σύν (sún, “together”) + στέλλω (stéllō, “send”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sys.to.lɛ̌ː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /sys.toˈle̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /sys.toˈli/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /sys.toˈli/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /sis.toˈli/
Noun
σῠστολή • (sustolḗ) f (genitive σῠστολῆς); first declension
- contraction, drawing together
- (physiology) contraction of the heart; systole
- Antonym: διαστολή (diastolḗ)
Inflection
First declension of ἡ σῠστολή; τῆς σῠστολῆς (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ σῠστολή hē sustolḗ | τὼ σῠστολᾱ́ tṑ sustolā́ | αἱ σῠστολαί hai sustolaí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς σῠστολῆς tês sustolês | τοῖν σῠστολαῖν toîn sustolaîn | τῶν σῠστολῶν tôn sustolôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ σῠστολῇ têi sustolêi | τοῖν σῠστολαῖν toîn sustolaîn | ταῖς σῠστολαῖς taîs sustolaîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν σῠστολήν tḕn sustolḗn | τὼ σῠστολᾱ́ tṑ sustolā́ | τᾱ̀ς σῠστολᾱ́ς tā̀s sustolā́s | ||||||||||
Vocative | σῠστολή sustolḗ | σῠστολᾱ́ sustolā́ | σῠστολαί sustolaí | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → French: systole
- Greek: συστολή (systolí)
Further reading
- “συστολή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “συστολή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- συστολή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette