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‖ catastasis|kəˈtæstəsɪs|
[Gr. κατάστασις settling, appointment; settled condition; f. καθιστάναι to set down, appoint, establish, settle; f. κατά down + στα- stand. In mod.F. catastase.]
1. (See quots.) [This sense not in Gr. or L.]
1656Blount Glossogr., Catastasis, the third part of a Comedy, and signifies the state and full vigour of it. Tragedies and Comedies have four principal parts in respect of the matter treated of. 1. Protasis. 2. Epitasis. 3. Catastasis. 4. Catastrophe. 1668Dryden Dram. Poesy in Arb. Garner III. 520 Thirdly. The Catastasis or Counter-turn, which destroys that expectation. 1751Chambers Cycl., Catastasis..the third part of the antient drama; being that wherein the intrigue is supported, carried on, and heightened till it be ripe for the unravelling in the catastrophe. 1761Sterne Tr. Shandy iv. Slawkenb. Tale, The epitasis, wherein the action is more fully entered upon and heightened, till it arrives at its state or height, called the catastasis. 1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. (1872) II. vi. i. 223 No catastrophe, rather a catastasis or heightening.
2. Rhet. The narrative part of a speech, usually the beginning of it, in which the orator sets forth the subject to be discussed. (In mod. Dicts.)
3. Med. ‘The state or condition of anything; constitution; habit of body’. (In mod. Dicts.) |