I.to stretch out along or beside, to extend the line of battle, Lat. ordines explicare, Xen.; π. τάφρον to draw a long trench, id=Xen.:—Pass. to be stretched along (v. infr. II. 1): to be stretched at length, laid low, Ar.
2.to stretch on the rack, torture, Xen.: —Pass. to be half-dead, worn out, Plat.
3.Pass., παρατείνεσθαι εἰς τοὔσχατον to strain themselves to the uttermost, hold out to the last, Thuc.
4.to prolong, protract, Arist., Luc.
5.to apply a figure to a right line, Plat.
6.of pronunciation, to lengthen in pronunciation, Lat. producere, Luc.
II.intr. to stretch along, of a wall, a tract of country, Hdt.:— so also in Pass., παρατέταται τὸ ὄρος id=Hdt., etc.
2.of Time, to continue one's life, Luc.
