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1 συστολή
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).128.4 Gramm., change of a long vowel into a short, e.g. ξερόν for ξηρόν, A.D.Synt.281.7;σ. Ἰωνικὴ ἢ ποιητική EM735.51
; also pronouncing as short a syllable that is strictly long, D.H.Comp.25, D.T.633.12, S.E.M.1.108.9 in fevers, remission, Alex.Trall.Febr.4; but also a chill, the cold stage of ague, Gal.7.428.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > συστολή
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