A.lift up, χεῖρας ἀ., in swearing, Pi.O.7.65; also in prayer, Id.I.6(5).41; “εὐξόμεθ᾽ . . ἀνατείνοντες τὼ χεῖρ᾽” Ar.Av. 623; as token of assent in voting, X.An.5.6.33, etc.
2. stretch forth, so as to threaten, “τὴν μάχαιραν ἀνατεταμένος” X.Cyr.4.1.3:— Med. (with aor. 1 Pass.), “οὐδὲ Πολυδεύκεος βία χεῖρας ἀντείναιτ᾽ ἂν ἐναντίον αὐτῷ” Simon.8; οὐδὲν ἂν ὑμ<*>῀ν εἶχε ἀνατείνασθαι φοβερόν hold out any alarming threat, D.19.153: abs., threaten, Plb.5.55.1: c. dat., 4.82.8: c. fut. inf., 4.18.10.
3. hold up, offer as a prize, Pi.N.8.25 (Pass.).
4. present a document to a magistrate, BGU613.3 (ii A.D.).
5. lift up, exalt, “κῦδός τινος” Pi.N.8.34; ἀνατείνασθαι ἀρχήν strain or augment its force, Plu.Cleom.10.
7. of sound, strain to a high pitch, Arist.Pr.920b20(Pass.).
8. metaph., excite, “τινά” Plu.2.60c:—Pass., Phld.Lib.p.44O.; of the soul, etc., “ἐς ἀμέθεκτον αἰτίαν” Procl.Inst.100, cf. 23.
II. spread out, expand, e.g. a line of battle, “τὰ κέρατα” X.Cyr.7.1.6, cf. ib.23; ἀετὸς ἐπὶ δόρατος ἀνατεταμένος spread eagle, ib.4; “ἀ. ἱστία πρὸς ζυγόν” Pi.N.5.51:— Pass., to be distended upwards, Ti.Locr.102a; extend, “εἰς ὕψος” Plb.9.21.10.
III. hold out, persevere, esp. in abstinence from food, Sor. 1.56, Arr.Epict.2.17.9.
IV. intr., reach up, stretch up, “πέδιλα ἐς γόνυ ἀνατείνοντα” Hdt.7.67.