A.“τενῶ” Ar.Th.1205, (ἀπο-) Pl.Grg.458b, (ἐκ-) E.Med.585: aor. “ἔτεινα” Il.4.124, Ep. “τεῖνα” 3.261: pf. “τέτα^κα” D.H. 19.12, etc., (ἀπο-) Pl.Grg.465e:—Med., fut. τενοῦμαι (παρα-) Th.3.46, (προ-) D.14.5: aor. ἐτεινάμην, Ep. τειν-, A.R.2.1043, 4.705, (προ-) Hdt. 9.34, (δι-) Antipho 5.46, Pl.Ti.78b:—Pass., fut. τα^θήσομαι (παρα-) Id.Ly.204c: aor. ἐτάθην [α^] S.Ant.124 (lyr.), etc., Ep. “τάθην” Il.23.375: pf. “τέτα^μαι” Hes.Op.549, etc.: plpf. 3sg. and pl. τέτατο, τέταντο, Od.11.11, Il.4.544; 3dual τετάσθην ib.536:—stretch by force, pull tight, “κυκλοτερὲς μέγα τόξον ἔτεινε” Il.4.124; “ἐπ᾽ Ἀλεξάνδρῳ τείνοντα πάλαι τόξον” A.Ag.364 (anap.); ἐξ ἄντυγος ἡνία τείνας having tied the reins tight to the chariot-rail, Il.5.262; ναὸς πόδα τείνας keeping the sheet taut, S.Ant.716; “κάλων τείνας οὔριον εὐφροσυνᾶν” IG14.793; “οἱ ἀπείρως κατ᾽ εὐθὺ τείνοντες” Sor.1.73; τῷ ψιμύθῳ . . παρειήν make it (look) full, AP11.374 (Maced.):—Med., τείνατο τόξα stretched his bow, A.R.2.1043, cf. Orph.A.589; of tendons, etc., Gal. 18(2).58, al.:—Pass., [ἱμὰς] ὑπ᾽ ἀνθερεῶνος . . τέτατο [the strap] was made tight, Il.3.372; “τελαμῶνε περὶ στήθεσσι τετάσθην” 14.404; τέταθ᾽ ἱστία were stretched taut, Od.11.11.
2. metaph., stretch or strain, ἶσον τείνειεν πολέμου τέλος strain the issue of war even, Il.20.101:—Pass., “τῶν ἐπὶ ἶσα μάχη τέτατο πτόλεμός τε” 12.436, 15.413, cf. Hes.Th.638; τέτατο κρατερὴ ὑσμίνη the fight was strained, was intense, Il.17.543; ἵπποισι τάθη δρόμος their pace was strained to the utmost, 23.375; τοῖσι δ᾽ ἀπὸ νύσσης τέτατο δρόμος they set off at full speed from the starting-line, ib.758, Od.8.121: τ. αὐδάν strain the voice, raise it high, A.Pers.574 (lyr.):—Pass. also, exert oneself, be anxious, Pi.I.1.49; “ἀμφ᾽ ἀρεταῖς” Id.P.11.54.
3. stretch out, spread, “ὅτε τε Ζεὺς λαίλαπα τείνῃ” Il.16.365; ἐπὶ νὺξ τέταται βροτοῖσι night is spread over them, Od.11.19; “ἀὴρ τέταται μακάρων ἐπὶ ἔργοις” Hes.Op. 549; of light, “αἴγλαν ἃ τέταται” S.Ph.831 (lyr.), cf. Pl.R.616b; of sound, “ἀμφὶ νῶτ᾽ ἐτάθη πάταγος” S.Ant.124 (lyr.); δίκτυα τ. X.Cyn. 6.9; “ψυχὴν διὰ παντός” Pl.Ti.34b.
b. Gramm., lengthen a syllable, A.D.Pron.55.1:—Pass., ib.27.25, cf. 11.1 fin.
4. aim at, direct towards a point, prop. from the bow, “ἐπὶ Τροίᾳ τ. τὰ θεῶν ἀμάχητα βέλη” S.Ph.198 (anap.): metaph., ἔς τινα τ. φόνον aim, design death to one, E.Hec.263 (but τ. φόνον prolong murder, Id.Supp.672); τ. λόγον “εἴς τινα” Pl.Phd.63a:—Pass., “ἐς σὲ τ. γλῶσσα” E.Rh.875; “ἡ ἅμιλλα τέταται πρὸς τοῦτο” Pl.Phdr.271a, cf. Lg.770d, R.581b.
II. stretch out in length, lay, ζυγὰ ἐπιπολῆς τ. Hdt.2.96:—Pass., lie out at length, lie stretched, “ἐπὶ γαίῃ κεῖτο ταθείς” Il.13.655; ἐν κονίῃσι τετάσθην, τέταντο, 4.536,544; ταθεὶς ἐνὶ δεσμῷ hanging stretched in chains, Od.22.200; [φάσγανον] ὑπὸ λαπάρην τέτατο hung along or by his side, Il.22.307; διὰ . . αἰθέρος . . τέταται extends, Emp.135, cf. 100.2; “τῶν ἐκ τῆς χώρας λεωφόρων εἰς τὴν πόλιν τεταμένων” Pl.Lg.763c; “φλὲψ . . διὰ τοῦ κοίλου τείνεται” Arist.HA513b3: τεταμένος sts. becomes a mere Adj., long, αὐχένα . . τεταμένον τῇ φύσει, of birds, Id.PA692b20; in Gramm., of a long vowel, PBouriant8 i 1, 14.
2. stretch or hold out, present, “τινὰ ἐπὶ σφαγάν” E.Or.1494 (lyr.); ἀσπίδα, δόρυ, AP7.147 (Arch.), 720 (Chaerem.); τὴν χεῖρά τινι or ἐπί τι, A.R. 4.107, 1049:—Med., τείνεσθαι χέρε, γυῖα, δειρήν, one's hands, etc., Theoc.21.48, A.R.1.1009, 4.127, etc.; “συὸς τέκος” Id.4.705; ἑανούς ib.1155.
3. extend, lengthen, of Time, “τὸν μακρὸν τ. βίον” A. Pr.537 (lyr.), cf. E.Med.670; “αἰῶνα” Id.Ion 625; “τόνδ᾽ ἐτεινάτην λόγον” A.Ch.510; “μακροὺς τ. λόγους” E.Hec.1177; τί μάτην τείνουσι βοήν; (where others interpr. it like τ. αὐδάν, v. supr. 1.2 ) Id.Med. 201 (anap.); “πολλὰ μὲν τάλαινα πολλὰ δ᾽ αὖ σοφὴ . . μακρὰν ἔτεινας” A.Ag.1296, cf. S.Aj.1040.
B. intr., of geographical position, stretch out or extend, παρ᾽ ἣν (sc. λίμνην)“ τὸ . . ὄρος τείνει” Hdt.2.6; τὸ πρὸς Λιβύης . . ὄρος ἄλλο τείνει ib.8; “τ. μέχρι . . ” Id.4.38; “ἐς . . ” Id.7.113; “ἐπὶ . . ” X.Ages.2.17; of a dress, ὑπὸ σφυροῖσι τ. E.Ba.936; of a mountain, ὑψόθι τ. A.R.2.354: of Time, ἡμερολεγδὸν τείνοντα χρόνον dragging out time, A.Pers.64 (anap.):—rarely so in Pass., “ὄρος τεταμένον τὸν αὐτὸν τρόπον” Hdt.2.8.
II. exert oneself, struggle, “ἐναντία τισί” Pl.R.492d; press on, hasten, “οἱ δ᾽ ἔτεινον ἐς πύλας” E.Supp.720; “δηλοῖ τοὖργον, οἷ τ. χρεών” Id.Or.1129; “τὸ μὴ τείνειν ἄγαν” S.Ant.711; “τ. ὥς τινα” Ar.Th.1205; “ἔτεινον ἄνω πρὸς τὸ ὄρος” X.An.4.3.21; “εὐθὺ Βαβυλῶνος” Luc.Nec.6; “τὴν ἐπὶ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ” Id.Icar.22.
III. extend to, reach, “ἐπὶ τὴν ψυχήν” Pl.Tht.186c; “ἐπὶ πᾶν” Id.Smp.186b; of the veins stretching from one point to another, Arist.HA492a20, 513a2, al., cf. Pl.Ti. 65c, Diog.Apoll.6.