stretching, tension, tension, contraction
stretching, tension, τῆς κοιλίης f.l. in one cod. for στάσις, Hp. Acut. 37; τοῦ οἰσοφάγου Arist. PA 691a1, cf. 664a32; τάσιν ἔχειν to be capable of tension, Id. HA 515b16, al.; ὀφρύων τ. contraction of the eyebrows, AP 12.42 (Diosc.); of tension accompanying inflammation, Sor. 2.19, Gal. 10.66.
2 extension
extension, τ. ἐπὶ μῆκος καὶ ἐπὶ πλάτος Arist. HA 495b23.
3 pitch
τάσεις τῆς φωνῆς pitch of the voice, Stoic. 2.96; in music, Plu. An.procr. 2.1020e, cf. Mus. 1133c; of the accents, τάσεις φωνῆς αἱ καλούμεναι προσῳδίαι D.H. Comp. 19; ὀξεῖα τ. Ath. 2.53a.
4 intensity, force
intensity, force, τάσιν λαβεῖν, of darts, Plu. Sull. 18.
5 fixing
fixing of the eyes upon an object, Lib. Or. 61.9.
II tentigo
= tentigo, Gloss.
2 menta, tarsis
= menta, ib. (also written tarsis, ib.).