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τείνω , Il.16.365, etc.: fut.
A.τενῶAr.Th.1205, (ἀπο-) Pl.Grg.458b, (ἐκ-) E.Med.585: aor. “ἔτειναIl.4.124, Ep. “τεῖνα3.261: pf. “τέτα^καD.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. “τάθηνIl.23.375: pf. “τέτα^μαιHes.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 ἔτεινεIl.4.124; “ἐπ᾽ Ἀλεξάνδρῳ τείνοντα πάλαι τόξονA.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 εὐφροσυνᾶνIG14.793; “οἱ ἀπείρως κατ᾽ εὐθὺ τείνοντεςSor.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 τετάσθην14.404; 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 τε12.436, 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᾽ ἀρεταῖςId.P.11.54.
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 βέληS.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. λόγονεἴς τιναPl.Phd.63a:—Pass., “ἐς σὲ τ. γλῶσσαE.Rh.875; “ ἅμιλλα τέταται πρὸς τοῦτοPl.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 ταθείςIl.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 τεταμένωνPl.Lg.763c; “φλὲψ . . διὰ τοῦ κοίλου τείνεταιArist.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 σφαγάνE.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 τέκοςId.4.705; ἑανούς ib.1155.
B. intr., of geographical position, stretch out or extend, παρ᾽ ἣν (sc. λίμνην)“ τὸ . . ὄρος τείνειHdt.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 τρόπονHdt.2.8.
III. extend to, reach, “ἐπὶ τὴν ψυχήνPl.Tht.186c; “ἐπὶ πᾶνId.Smp.186b; of the veins stretching from one point to another, Arist.HA492a20, 513a2, al., cf. Pl.Ti. 65c, Diog.Apoll.6.
2. tend, refer, belong to, τείνει ἐς σέ it refers to, concerns you, Hdt.6.109, cf. 7.135, E.Ph.435, Hipp.797, etc.; ποῖ τείνει καὶ εἰς τί; to what does it tend? Pl.Cri.47c, cf. Tht.163a, D.10.54; “μηδαμόσε ἄλλοσεPl.R.499a; “πρός τιId.Smp.188d, Prt. 345b; “ἐς ταὐτόνId.Cra.439c.
3. τείνειν πρός τινα or τι, come near to, to be like, Id.Tht.169b, Cra.402c; “ἐγγύς τι τείνειν τοῦ τεθνάναιId.Phd.65a, cf. R.548d. (Cf. τανύω, Skt. tanóti 'stretch', Lat. tendo, etc.)
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