b. of Time, Just.Nov.111.1.
3. stretching of a rope, Hero Aut.2.4; of strands of gut, Ph.Bel.58.13; of hernia, “κατ᾽ ἐπέκτασιν” Heliod. ap. Orib.50.42.
4. οἱ κατ᾽ ἐπέκτασιν παραλελυμένοι patients suffering from creeping paralysis, Herod. Med. ap. Orib.10.8.1.
II. lengthening of a word, Arist.Po.1458b2 (pl.), 1458a23, A.D.Pron.6.14,al.; of a vowel, Id.Adv.144.19.