Etymology of the English word epitasis
the English word epitasis
derived from the Latin word epitasis
derived from the Greek word epitasis, ἐπίτασις
derived from the Greek word epiteino
derived from the Greek word epiteinein
derived from the Byzantine Greek word epi, ἐπί (upon; properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case); over, upon, etc.; of rest (with the dative case) at, on, etc.; of direction (with the accusative case) towards, upon, etc.)