εως (ἡ) [ᾰ]
      1 tension (d’un membre, d’un muscle, etc.) PLUT. ; ὀφρύων, ANTH. 12, 42, contraction ou froncement des sourcils ; φωνῆς, PLUT. M. 1047 a, tension ou élévation de la voix ; particul. t. de gr. accentuation : βαρεῖαι τάσεις καὶ ὀξεῖαι, DH. Comp. 11, 19, accentuation grave et aiguë ; fig. effort, PLUT. M. 1055 b ;
      2 extension, ARSTT. H.A. 1, 16.

Étym. τείνω.

εως, ἡ, (< τείνω) stretching, tension, τῆς κοιλίης f.l. in one cod. for στάσις, Hp. Acut. 37; τοῦ οἰσοφάγου Arist. PA 691a1, cf. 664a32; τάσιν ἔχειν to be capable of tension, Id. HA 515b16, al. ; ὀφρύων τ.
contraction of the eyebrows, AP 12.42 (Diosc.); of tension accompanying inflammation, Sor. 2.19, Gal. 10.66.
extension, τ. ἐπὶ μῆκος καὶ ἐπὶ πλάτος Arist. HA 495b23. τάσεις τῆς φωνῆς pitch of the voice, Stoic. 2.96; in music, Plu. 2.1020e, cf. 1133c; of the accents, τάσεις φωνῆς αἱ καλούμεναι προσῳδίαι D.H. Comp. 19; ὀξεῖα τ. Ath. 2.53a.
intensity, force, τάσιν λαβεῖν, of darts, Plu. Sull. 18.
fixing of the eyes upon an object, Lib. Or. 61.9. = tentigo, Gloss. = menta, ib. (also written tarsis, ib.).

εως, ἡ, Spannung, Anspannung, Ausdehnung ; πεδίων, Eur. Bacch. 748 ; ὀφρύων, das Emporziehen der Augenbrauen, Diosc. 3 (XII.42); φωνῆς, Plut. Stoic. repugn. 28 ; τάσιν λαβεῖν, von Geschossen, Sull. 18.