ἔκστᾰσις (ekstasis)

Where it lives

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Zacharias 2 · 4.15/10k
Paralipomenon II 5 · 2.54/10k
Odae 1 · 2.46/10k
Acts 4 · 2.22/10k
Categories 2 · 1.99/10k
Mark 2 · 1.82/10k
Regnorum I 3 · 1.62/10k
Psalmi 4 · 1.17/10k
Ezechiel 3 · 1.04/10k
Genesis 3 · 1/10k
Daniel (LXX) 1 · 0.95/10k

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What it meant

ἔκστᾰσις · ekstasis — LSJ

displacement, change, degeneracy, movement outwards, differentiation

displacement, ἄρθρων Hp. Art. 56; πᾶσα κίνησις ἔ. ἐστι τοῦ κινουμένου Arist. de An. 406b13 : hence, change, εἰς ἀντικείμενα Id. GA 768a27; αἱ κακίαι ἐ. Id. Ph. 247a3; ἔ. ἐστιν ἐν τῇ γενέσει τὸ παρὰ φύσιν τοῦ κατὰ φύσιν Id. Cael. 286a19; ἔ. τῆς φύσεως degeneracy, Thphr. CP 3.1.6; opp. στάσις, Plot. 6.3.2; movement outwards, ἔ. ἀπὸ τοῦ παράγοντος Dam. Pr. 97 bis; ἔ. εἰς τὸ ἔξω ib. 401; [σῶμα] ἐν ἐκστάσει λαβὸν τὴν ὑπόστασιν Porph. Sent. 36; differentiation, ἔ. καὶ πιῆθος Plot. 6.7.17; αἱ εἰς πλῆθο

II standing aside

standing aside, Arist. Rh. 1361a37 (pl.).

b a tax on cessions

= Lat. cessio bonorum, CPR 20ii9 (iii A.D.); ἔ. χρημάτων Porph. Abst. 1.53; a tax on cessions, BGU 914.6 (ii A.D.), PLond. 2.305.2 (PTeb. ii p.184).

2 distraction

distraction of mind, from terror, astonishment, anger, etc., Hp. Aph. 7.5, Prorrh. 2.9; ἔ. σιγῶσα Id. Coac. 65; ἔ. μανική Arist. Cat. 10a1; ἔ. τῶν λογισμῶν Plu. Sol. 8; νοῦ Plot. 5.3.7; τὰ μηδὲ προσδοκώμενʼ ἔκστασιν φέρει Men. 149, cf. Epit. 472, Epicur. Fr. 113; εἰς ἔ. ἄγειν Longin. 1.4.

3 entrancement, astonishment

entrancement, astonishment, Ev.Luc. 5.26, Ev.Marc. 5.42.

4 trance, ecstasy

trance, Act. Ap. 10.10, 22.17; ecstasy, Plot. 6.9.11; ἔ. καὶ μανία Herm. in Phdr. p.103A.

b drunken excitement

drunken excitement, Corn. ND 30.

In the wild

ἔκστασις · ekstasis Aristotle, Categories (DIORISIS sentence 156)
ἐκστάσεις · ekstaseis Aristotle, Categories (DIORISIS sentence 157)
ἔκστασιν · ekstasin Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 10.1 (DIORISIS sentence 8612)
ἔκστασις · ekstasis New Testament, Acts 10.10 (DIORISIS sentence 335)
ἐκστάσει · ekstasei New Testament, Acts 11.4 (DIORISIS sentence 379)
ἐκστάσει · ekstasei New Testament, Acts 22.17 (DIORISIS sentence 771)

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Where it came from

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