e·pit·a·sis An example of an epitasis is a battle scene in a drama.
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Origin of epitasis
Modern Latin from Gr, a stretching, intensity from epiteinein, to stretch, intensify from epi-, epi- + teinein, to stretch: see thin
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pl. e·pit·a·ses,Origin of epitasis
Greek stretching, intensity from epiteinein epita- to stretch, intensify epi- epi- teinein to stretch ; see ten- in Indo-European roots.
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(plural epitases)
From Ancient Greek ἐπίτασις (epitasis, “stretching”), from ἐπιτείνω (epiteinō, “to stretch”), from ἐπί (epi) + τείνω (teinō, “stretch”).
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