συστολή
συστολ-ή,
ἡ,(
συστέλλω)
A). drawing together, drawing up, contraction,
ς. εἰς αὑτάς (of souls in pain)
Plu. 2.564b ;[
τὴν ψυχὴν] ποτὲ μὲν εἰς ἡδονὰς καὶ διαχύσεις ἄγεσθαι, ποτὲ δὲ εἰς οἴκτους καὶ συστολάς Ptol. Harm. 3.7 ;
λύπη ἐστὶν ἄλογος ς.
Stoic. 3.95 , cf.
Thphr. Fr. 77 ,
Zeno Stoic. 1.51 ,
Epicur. Fr. 410 ; esp. in Medic., a
contraction of the heart or lungs, opp.
διαστολή,
Herophil. ap.
Placit. 4.22.3 ;
σφυγμός ἐστι διαστολὴ καὶ ς. καρδίας καὶ ἀρτηριῶν Gal. 8.700 ; of other organs,[
τῆς μήτρας]
Sor. 1.70b ;
συστολαί τινες ἀνειδεῖς εἰς ἄρθρα Alex.Trall. Verm. p.589 P., cf.
Gal. 18(2).128 .
2). contraction, limitation,
συστολῆς μᾶλλον ἢ προσθέσεως τὰς τιμὰς δεῖσθαι Plu. Caes. 60 , cf.
2.135a .
3). abasing, taking down, ib.
544e .
9). in fevers,
remission,
Alex.Trall. Febr. 4 ; but also a
chill, the
cold stage of ague,
Gal. 7.428 .
ShortDef
a drawing together, contraction, limitation
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Headword (normalized):
συστολή
Headword (normalized/stripped):
συστολη
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">συστολ-ή</span>, <span class="gen greek">ἡ</span>,(<span class="etym greek">συστέλλω</span>) <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">drawing together, drawing up, contraction</span>, <span class="foreign greek">ς. εἰς αὑτάς</span> (of souls in pain) <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> 2.564b </span>;[ <span class="quote greek">τὴν ψυχὴν] ποτὲ μὲν εἰς ἡδονὰς καὶ διαχύσεις ἄγεσθαι, ποτὲ δὲ εἰς οἴκτους καὶ συστολάς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0363.tlg010:3:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0363.tlg010:3.7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ptol.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Harm.</span> 3.7 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">λύπη ἐστὶν ἄλογος ς</span>. <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Stoic.</span> 3.95 </span>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg010:77" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg010:77/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thphr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 77 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Zeno Stoic.</span> 1.51 </span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0537.tlg003:410" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0537.tlg003:410/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Epicur.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 410 </a>; esp. in Medic., a <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">contraction</span> of the heart or lungs, opp. <span class="foreign greek">διαστολή</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Herophil.</span> </span> ap. <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Placit.</span> 4.22.3 </span>; <span class="quote greek">σφυγμός ἐστι διαστολὴ καὶ ς. καρδίας καὶ ἀρτηριῶν</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Gal.</span> 8.700 </span> ; of other organs,[<span class="foreign greek">τῆς μήτρας</span>] <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0565.tlg001:1:70b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0565.tlg001:1.70b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Sor.</span> 1.70b </a>; <span class="quote greek">συστολαί τινες ἀνειδεῖς εἰς ἄρθρα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0744.tlg004:p.589" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0744.tlg004:p.589/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Alex.Trall.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Verm.</span> p.589 </a> P., cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Gal.</span> 18(2).128 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">contraction, limitation</span>, <span class="quote greek">συστολῆς μᾶλλον ἢ προσθέσεως τὰς τιμὰς δεῖσθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg048:60" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg048:60/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Caes.</span> 60 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg048:2:135a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg048:2.135a/canonical-url/"> 2.135a </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">abasing, taking down</span>, ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg048:544e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg048:544e/canonical-url/"> 544e </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> Gramm., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">change of a long vowel into a short</span>, e.g. <span class="foreign greek">ξερόν</span> for <span class="foreign greek">ξηρόν</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0082.tlg004:281:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0082.tlg004:281.7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.D.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Synt.</span> 281.7 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ς. Ἰωνικὴ ἢ ποιητική</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4099.tlg001:735:51" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4099.tlg001:735.51/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">EM</span> 735.51 </a> ; also <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">pronouncing as short</span> a syllable that is strictly long, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg012:25" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg012:25/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.H.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Comp.</span> 25 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0063.tlg001:633:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0063.tlg001:633.12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.T.</span> 633.12 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0544.tlg002:1:108" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0544.tlg002:1.108/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">M.</span> 1.108 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>5).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">lessening</span> of expenses, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">retrenchment</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:27:13:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:27:13:4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plb.</span> 27.13.4 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1595.tlg241:p.71" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1595.tlg241:p.71/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Phld.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Oec.</span> p.71 </a> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">J.</span> </span> (pl.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>6).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">spareness, tenuity</span>, <span class="quote greek">τῶν ἀγαλμάτων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0613.tlg001:14" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0613.tlg001:14/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Demetr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eloc.</span> 14 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>7).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">pusillanimity</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0542.tlg001:5:122" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0542.tlg001:5.122/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Poll.</span> 5.122 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>8).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">fasting</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0565.tlg001:1:49" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0565.tlg001:1.49/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Sor.</span> 1.49 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0565.tlg001:2:15" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0565.tlg001:2.15/canonical-url/"> 2.15 </a>, al. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>9).</strong></span> in fevers, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">remission</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0744.tlg002:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0744.tlg002:4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Alex.Trall.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Febr.</span> 4 </a>; but also a <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">chill</span>, the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">cold stage</span> of ague, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Gal.</span> 7.428 </span>.</div> </div><br><br>'}