English
Etymology
Modern Latin, from Greek ��ί�α�ι�, from ε�ι�είνειν �intensify�, from ε�ι� + �είνειν �stretch�.
Pronunciation
IPA|/ɪ�pɪt�sɪs/
Noun
en-noun|epitases
- In ancient drama, the second part of a play, in which the action begins.
#:*1760: How my uncle Toby and Corporal Trim managed this matter,�with the history of their camapigns, which were no way barren of events,�may make no uninteresting under-plot in the epitasis and working up of this drama. � Laurence Sterne, The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (Penguin 2003, p. 88)
#:*1922: It doubles itself in the middle of his life, reflects itself in another, repeats itself, protasis, epitasis, catastasis, catastrophe. � James Joyce, Ulysses
Related terms
protasis
catastasis
catastrophe
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