ectăsis — Lewis & Short
ectăsis, is (acc. -in), f., = e)/ktasis,
I the lengthening of a vowel short by nature: si brevis est per naturam, sed hoc loco ectasin fecit, Serv. Verg. A. 1, 343.
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ectăsis
ectăsis · f
the lengthening of a vowel short by nature: si
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