Definition of Epitasis

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

Definition of Epitasis

1. Noun. (context: ancient drama) The second part of a play, in which the action begins. ¹

2. Noun. (rhetoric) The addition of a concluding sentence that merely emphasizes what has already been stated. ¹

3. Noun. (obsolete) The period of violence in a fever or disease; paroxysm. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Epitasis

1. the main part of a classical drama [n -ASES]

Medical Definition of Epitasis

1. 1. That part which embraces the main action of a play, poem, and the like, and leads on to the catastrophe; opposed to protasis. 2. The period of violence in a fever or disease; paroxysm. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. A stretching, fr. To stretch upon or over; upon + to stretch. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Epitasis

episymbiosis
episymbiotic
epitaph
epitaphed
epitapher
epitaphers
epitaphial
epitaphic
epitaphics
epitaphing
epitaphist
epitaphists
epitaphs
epitarsus
epitases
epitasis (current term)
epitaxial
epitaxial layer
epitaxially
epitaxic
epitaxies
epitaxy
epitectin
epitendineum
epitenon
epitestosterone
epithalamia
epithalamic
epithalamies
epithalamion

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