释义 |
‖ diectasis Pros.|daɪˈɛktəsɪs| [a. Gr. διέκτασις a stretching: see di-3 and ectasis] Lengthening by the interpolation of a syllable.
1894Athenæum 29 Dec. 884/1 From the scientific point of view there is..not a word to be said in favour of such grammatical monsters as ἕης and ἐράασθε. But it is perfectly easy to see how they arose from a misunderstanding of the ‘Epic diectasis.’ |