A.stretch or strain tight, esp. of any operation performed with straps or cords,
1. ἐνέτεινε τὸν θρόνον [ἱμᾶσι] Hdt.5.25 (cf. ἐντανύω):—more freq. (as always in Hom.) Pass., δίφρος . . ἱμᾶσιν ἐντέταται is hung on tight-stretched straps. Il.5.728; [κυνέη] ἔντοσθεν ἱμᾶσιν ἐντέτατο στερεῶς was strongly lined inside with tight-stretched straps, 10.263; so [τὰς γεφύρας] ἐδόκεον ἐντεταμένας εὑρήσειν] expected to find the bridge with the mooring-cables taut, Hdt.9.106; “σχεδίαι ἐντετ.” Id.8.117; “κλίνη ἐντετ.” Polyaen.7.14.1; “εἰ ἡ ἔντασις τῶν ῥάβδων χρηστῶς ἐνταθείη” Hp.Fract.30; “τράχηλος ἐντετ.” with sinews taut, Phld.Ir.p.5 W.: metaph., “ἐντεταμένου τοῦ σώματος” being toned, tempered, Pl.Phd.86b, cf. 92a.
2. stretch a bow tight, bend it for shooting, A.Fr.83, cf. E.Supp.886: metaph., καιροῦ πέρα τὸ τόξον ἐ. ib.745:—Med., bend one's bow, Id.IA549 (lyr.), X.Cyr.4.1.3:—Pass., τόξα ἐντεταμένα bows ready strung, Hdt.2.173, Luc.Scyth.2: hence, com., “κέντρον ἐντέταται” is ready for action, Ar.V.407.
b. of the strings of the lyre, “τῆς νεάτης ἐντεταμένης” Arist.Pr.921b27.
5. tie tight, “βοῦν . . ἐ. βρόχοις” E.Andr.720.
II. metaph., strain, exert, “τὰς ἀκοάς” Polyaen.1.21.2; “ἑαυτόν” Plu.2.795f:—Med., “φωνὴν ἐντεινάμενος” Aeschin.2.157; ἐντεινάμενοι τὴν ἁρμονίαν pitching the tune high, Ar.Nu.968:—Pass., πρόθυμοι καὶ ἐντεταμένοι εἰς τὸ ἔργον braced up for action, X.Oec.21.9; “τῇ διανοία περί τι” Plb.10.3.1; “ἐνταθῆναι περί τινος” PSI4.340 (iii B.C.); ἐντεινόμενος on the stretch, eager, opp. ἀνιέμενος, X.Mem.3.10.7, cf. Cyn.7.8; “μᾶλλον ἐντεινάμενος εἶπον” Pl.R.536c; πρόσωπον ἐντεταμένον a serious face, Luc.Vit. Auct.10.
2. intensify, carry on vigorously, “τὴν πολιορκίαν” Plu. Luc.14; excite, “θυμὸν ἀνόητον” Plu.2.61e, cf. 464b.
III. intr. in Act., exert oneself, be vehement, E.Or.698, Fr.340.
IV. stretch out at or against, πληγὴν ἐ. τινί lay a blow on him, X.An.2.4.11, cf. Lys.Fr.75.4; without πληγήν, attack, Pl.Min. 321a; “πύξ τινι” D.C.57.22.
V. place exactly in, ἐς κύκλον χωρίον τρίγωνον inscribe an area as a triangle in a circle, Pl.Men.87a (Pass.).
2. esp. put into verse, “ἐ. τοὺς Αἰσώπου λόγους” Id.Phd. 60d; “ἐ. εἰς ἐλεγεῖον” Id.Hipparch.228d; “τοὺς νόμους εἰς ἔπος” Plu.Sol. 3; “ἔπεσιν ἐ. τὴν παραίνεσιν” Jul.Or.6.188b; set to music, “ποιήματα εἰς τὰ κιθαρίσματα” Pl.Prt.326b:—Med., “Ἰθάκην ἐνετείνατο . . ῞Ομηρος ᾠδῇσιν” Hermesian.7.29.