nounectăsisECTASIS☆ KeepMeaningthe lengthening of a vowel short by nature: siLewis & Short 1879ModernAs printed, 1879ECTASISLEWIS & SHORTECTASISectăsis, is (acc. -in), f., = ἔκτασις, I. the lengthening of a vowel short by nature: si brevis est per naturam, sed hoc loco ectasin fecit, Serv. Verg. A. 1, 343.Read the whole entry