τείνω (cf. tendo), aor. 1
ἔτεινα, τεῖνε, pass. perf. τέταται, plup. τέτατο,
τετάσθην, aor. τάθη, pass.
ταθείς: stretch, stretch out,
extend, draw tight; of a bow, Il.
4.124; reins fastened tightly to the chariot rim (see cut No.
10), Il. 5.322; a sword hung by the
baldric, Il. 22.307; a helmet-strap
drawn under the chin, Il. 3.372.
Metaph., λαίλαπα, pass., νύξ, πτόλεμος,
Il. 16.365, Il. 17.736, Od. 11.19.
ἵπποισι τάθη δρόμος, ‘was
put forth,’ ‘exerted,’ Il. 23.375, 758. Cf. τανύω.
Georg Autenrieth. A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1891.
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