A.“-τενῶ” Pl.R.604a (v.l.):—stretch, strain back, “εἰς τοὔπισθεν τὰ σπαπτία” Arist.Pr.888a20; “τὰς ἡνίας” Plu.2.13d.
II. intr., act or strive against, resist, “ἐπιβουλίᾳ” Pi.N.4.37; “τινί” Hdt.7.161, Pl.R.547b, etc.; “παντὶ λόγῳ” Id.Phd.91c; “πρός τι” Phdr.256a, Arist. EN1126b15 (πρός = with respect to): abs., Hdt.7.219, S.Ant.714, etc.; “οὐκ ἀντέτεινον, ἀλλ᾽ εἶκον” Hdt.8.3; “ὑπείκει καὶ οὐκ ἀ.” Pl.Lg.727d; “δύο ἄνδρες ἀντιτείνοντες” pulling one against the other, Hp.Fract.15.
2. of countries and places, lie over against, τινι Plu.Them.8.