epitasis

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Definition of epitasis in English English dictionary

In ancient drama, the second part of a play, in which the action begins

That part which embraces the main action of a play, poem, and the like, and leads on to the catastrophe; opposed to protasis

The period of violence in a fever or disease; paroxysm

Hyphenation

e·pi·ta·sis

Etymology

() From Ancient Greek ἐπίτασις (“stretching”) ἐπιτείνω (“to stretch”) ἐπί + τείνω (“stretch”).