English
epitasis
Epitasis comes from Ancient Greek ἐπίτασις ‘stretching’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἐπίτασιςepítasis‘stretching’
- Englishearliest quotation 1760epitasis
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἐπίτασιςepítasis‘stretching’
- Englishearliest quotation 1760epitasis
Earliest quotation: 1760, Laurence Sterne, The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy: “How my uncle Toby and Corporal Trim managed this…”
Every English word from Ancient Greek ἐπίτασις
Today it means
noun The second part of a play, in which the action begins.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek ἐπίτασις / epitasis