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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD EPITASIS

From Greek: a stretching, intensification, from teinein to stretch.
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PRONUNCIATION OF EPITASIS

epitasis  [ɪˈpɪtəsɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EPITASIS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Epitasis is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES EPITASIS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Epitasis

In Classical drama, the epitasis is the main action of a play, in which the trials and tribulations of the main character increase and build toward a climax and dénouement. It was coined by Horace in his Ars Poetica. He defined a play as being made up of five separate parts: prelude, protasis, epitasis, catastasis and catastrophe. In modern dramatic theory, the dramatic arc is often referred to, which uses somewhat different divisions but is substantially the same concept overall.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EPITASIS


amebiasis
əmiːˈbaɪəsɪs
apocatastasis
ˌæpəʊkəˈtæstəsɪs
atelectasis
ˌætəˈlɛktəsɪs
bronchiectasis
ˌbrɒŋkɪˈɛktəsɪs
candidiasis
ˌkændɪˈdaɪəsɪs
catastasis
kəˈtæstəsɪs
diastasis
daɪˈæstəsɪs
diocese
ˈdaɪəsɪs
emphasis
ˈɛmfəsɪs
entasis
ˈɛntəsɪs
epistasis
ɪˈpɪstəsɪs
giardiasis
ˌdʒaɪɑːˈdaɪəsɪs
hypostasis
haɪˈpɒstəsɪs
iconostasis
ˌaɪkəʊˈnɒstəsɪs
metamorphosis
ˌmɛtəˈmɔːfəsɪs
metastasis
mɪˈtæstəsɪs
protasis
ˈprɒtəsɪs
psoriasis
səˈraɪəsɪs
telangiectasis
tɪˌlændʒɪˈɛktəsɪs
transgenesis
trænzˈdʒɛnəsɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EPITASIS

epitaph
epitapher
epitaphial
epitaphian
epitaphic
epitaphist
epitaxial
epitaxial transistor
epitaxially
epitaxic
epitaxis
epitaxy
epithalamia
epithalamic
epithalamion
epithalamium
epitheca
epithecae
epithelia
epithelial

WORDS THAT END LIKE EPITASIS

amoebiasis
anabasis
anastasis
antiperistasis
bacteriostasis
basis
cholestasis
ectasis
elephantiasis
haemostasis
hemostasis
homeostasis
homoeostasis
mydriasis
oasis
onchocerciasis
stasis
trial basis
trypanosomiasis
urolithiasis

Synonyms and antonyms of epitasis in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «epitasis» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EPITASIS

Find out the translation of epitasis to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of epitasis from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «epitasis» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

上位性
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

epítasis
570 millions of speakers

English

epitasis
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

epitasis
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

epitasis
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

epitasis
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

epitasis
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

epitasis
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

épistaxis
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Epitasis
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

epitasis
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

展開部
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

epitasis
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Epitax
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

epitasis
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

epitasis
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एपिटासिस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

epitasis
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

epitasis
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

epitasis
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

epitasis
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

epitasis
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

epitasis
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

epitasis
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

epitasis
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

epitasis
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of epitasis

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EPITASIS»

The term «epitasis» is used very little and occupies the 184.341 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EPITASIS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about epitasis

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EPITASIS»

Discover the use of epitasis in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to epitasis and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Epitasis
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Terrence James Victorino, 2011
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Drama in Early Tudor Britain, 1485-1558
Though the protasis came to be associated with the introduction of the major characters of the play, and the latter part of the epitasis was designated as the summa epitasis or catastasis by sixteenth-century critics to indicate the climax of the ...
Howard B. Norland, 1995
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Handbook of Literary Rhetoric: A Foundation for Literary Study
epitasis (est), in qua turbae out excitantur out intenduntur; catástasis est vigor ас status fabulae, in qua res miscetur in ea fortunas tempestóte, in quam subducta est; hanc partem multi non animadvertêre: necessaria tarnen est. Cf. § 1246 ...
Heinrich Lausberg, David E. Orton, R. Dean Anderson, 1998
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A New and Complete Dictionary of Arts and Sciences
EPITASIS, in antient poetry, the second part or division of a dramatic poem, wherein the plot, entered upon in the fiilt part, or protasis, was carried on, heightened, and worked up, till arrived at its state, or height, called catastasis. See the ...
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Comedy, Seriously: A Philosophical Study
Epitasis Topics The exposition, or protasis, was followed by the epitasis, that is, by the com- plication, development, and climax of the plot. Literally, epitasis means “intensity” or “increase in intensity.” Aristotle used this technical term in his  ...
Dmitri Nikulin, 2014
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City of a Million Legends
"What kind of a ship's name is Epitasis?" asked Shui Tshulushiem. He hadn't been with them long enough to know it was rude to ask a direct question in the presence of an Interface you hadn't hired. "Greek," answered Ley, who'd done ...
Jacqueline Lichtenberg, 2003
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Shakespeare's Tragic Form: Spirit in the Wheel
In William Shakspere's Five-Act Structure (1947) he described the fifteenth- sixteenth century humanists' model as a 2-2-1 sequence: acts 1-2 as protasis; acts 3-4 as epitasis (with act 4 as summa epitasis or ex- trema epitasis, magnifying the ...
Robert Lanier Reid, 2000
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Gnomon of the New Testament
EPITASIS is, when to a word or enunciation already set forth, there is added in the following enunciations, or in the continuation of the discussion, some emphatic increase, or any sort of explanation : e.g. — Mark x. 43, tarai iidxowg ii/ iuv ; ver.
Johann Albrecht Bengel, Ernest Bengel, Johann Christian Friedrich Steudel, 1858
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John Albert Bengel's Gnomon of the New Testament: Pointing ...
The particle again requires an Epitasis [emphatic addition], as in Gal. i. 9, where the Epitasis is in napeXdfters, ye have received, comp. ver. 8 ; so the Galatians are more strongly bound, because they also received the Gospel preached.
Johann Albrecht Bengel, 1860
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The Tudor Play of Mind: Rhetorical Inquiry and the ...
In the prefatory material ascribed to him, he makes an observation about the structure and matter of comedy that was to profoundly influence sixteenth-century playwrights: Comedy is divided into four parts: prologue, protasis, epitasis, ...
Joel B. Altman, 1978

5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EPITASIS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term epitasis is used in the context of the following news items.
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Two local students advance to Scripps National Spelling Bee …
Dasari made it through the preliminaries after correctly spelling the words apostrophe and epitasis, which is the main action of a play in ... «KTRK-TV, May 15»
2
Reflection: Elephants aren't needed; emotional depth and …
... given that a fictional pharaonic war is the epitasis of “Aida,” and a real-life 19th century Bismarckian war interrupted its progress to the stage. «St. Louis Public Radio, May 15»
3
Repeat: Council on Aging wins Wellesley Spelling Bee
After several rounds of competition, the word epitasis (the middle part of a play, preceding the catastrophe) narrowed the field to two teams. «The Swellesley Report, Nov 13»
4
Review: 'Halloween Eve' One-shot
Most stories follow a basic three act dramatic structure: the protasis, the epitasis, and the catastrophe, to borrow from the Greek terminology. «Bloody Disgusting, Oct 12»
5
The Voyage Out by Virginia Woolf
The plot's epitasis comes into play. Rachel's recovery would mean the triumph of the anti-female force, bent on making her a 'woman', for it is her conversion ... «Philosophy Now, Mar 07»

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