διαστολή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From διαστέλλω (diastéllō) +‎ -η (-ē, abstract noun suffix), from διά (diá, “apart”) + στέλλω (stéllō, “send”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /di.as.to.lɛ̌ː/ → /ði.as.toˈli/ → /ði.as.toˈli/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /di.as.to.lɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /di.as.toˈle̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ði.as.toˈli/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ði.as.toˈli/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ði.as.toˈli/

Noun

δῐᾰστολή • (dĭăstolḗ) f (genitive δῐᾰστολῆς); first declension

1. dilatation

   Antonym: συστολή (sustolḗ)

Inflection

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ δῐᾰστολή hē dĭăstolḗ	τὼ δῐᾰστολᾱ́ tṑ dĭăstolā́	αἱ δῐᾰστολαί hai dĭăstolaí
Genitive	τῆς δῐᾰστολῆς tês dĭăstolês	τοῖν δῐᾰστολαῖν toîn dĭăstolaîn	τῶν δῐᾰστολῶν tôn dĭăstolôn
Dative	τῇ δῐᾰστολῇ têi dĭăstolêi	τοῖν δῐᾰστολαῖν toîn dĭăstolaîn	ταῖς δῐᾰστολαῖς taîs dĭăstolaîs
Accusative	τὴν δῐᾰστολήν tḕn dĭăstolḗn	τὼ δῐᾰστολᾱ́ tṑ dĭăstolā́	τᾱ̀ς δῐᾰστολᾱ́ς tā̀s dĭăstolā́s
Vocative	δῐᾰστολή dĭăstolḗ	δῐᾰστολᾱ́ dĭăstolā́	δῐᾰστολαί dĭăstolaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

First declension of ἡ δῐᾰστολή; τῆς δῐᾰστολῆς (Attic)

Descendants

• → English: diastole
• → Finnish: diastole
• → French: diastole
  • → Dutch: diastole
• Greek: διαστολή (diastolí)
• → Italian: diastole
• → Latin: diastolē
  • → German: Diastole
• → Norwegian Bokmål: diastole
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: diastole

Further reading

• “διαστολή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “διαστολή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• διαστολή in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• διαστολή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek διαστολή (diastolḗ).

Noun

διαστολή • (diastolí) f (plural διαστολές)

1. expansion (for metals)
2. dilation, dilatation (for organs)
3. distention
4. diastole

Declension

Declension of διαστολή

	singular	plural
nominative	διαστολή (diastolí)	διαστολές (diastolés)
genitive	διαστολής (diastolís)	διαστολών (diastolón)
accusative	διαστολή (diastolí)	διαστολές (diastolés)
vocative	διαστολή (diastolí)	διαστολές (diastolés)

Further reading

• διαστολή, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language