LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun

ectăsis

Meaning

  1. the lengthening of a vowel short by nature: si

ectăsis, 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.

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What does ectăsis mean in Latin?
ectăsis, a noun, means “the lengthening of a vowel short by nature: si”.