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παρέκ-τᾰσις

parektasis · ἡ

stretching out, extension

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Where it lives

Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2 · 0.19/10k

What it meant

παρέκ-τᾰσις · parek-tasis — LSJ

stretching out, extension, expanse

stretching out, extension, ἀέρος expanse, Epicur. Ep. 2p.53U. (pl.); χρονικὴ π. S.E. M. 6.57, cf. Theol.Ar. 52 (pl.) ; χρόνου Sor. 2.43; τῶν ἐπισημασιῶν Alex.Philalethes ap. Gal. 7.467.

2 projection

projection of the false ribs, Ruf. Oss. 25.

II lengthening

lengthening of a syllable, D.H. Comp. 15.

In the wild

παρεκτάσεις · parektaseis Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 10.1 (DIORISIS sentence 9143)
παρέκτασιν · parektasin Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 7.1 (DIORISIS sentence 6069)

Where it came from

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