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ἐκτείνω , fut. -
2. stretch, spread out a net, A.Ch.991 ; extend the line of an army, E.Heracl.801, Arr. Tact.5.6 ; λαὸν ἐκτείνοντ᾽ ἄνω (sc. ἑαυτόν) E.Supp.654 ; “στράτευμαX.HG6.5.19:—Pass., to be unfolded, smoothed,ὡς ἂν Διὸς μέτωπον ἐκταθῇ χαρᾷS.Fr.902.
III. put to the full stretch,ἵππον .X.Cyr.5.4.5 ; “. πάντα κάλωνPl.Prt. 338a ; πᾶσαν προθυμίην . put forth all one's zeal, Hdt.7.10.“η᾽; τὸν θυμόνAnd.3.31 ; “ἅπασαν ἀγωνίανD.60.30: metaph. in Pass., to be on the rack,ἐκτέταμαιS.OT153 (lyr.).
IV. lengthen a short syllable, A.D.Pron.27.2 (Pass.), al., interpol. in D.H.2.58.
V. intr., draw along, LXXJd.20.37.
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