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===substantive===

[[increase]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ἐπίδοσις]], ἡ.

===verb transitive===

[[stretch out]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[τείνειν]], [[ἐκτείνειν]].

[[strew]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[στορεννύναι]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[στορνύναι]].

[[circulate]] ([[rumours]], etc.): [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[διαγγέλλειν]], [[διασπείρειν]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[σπείρειν]], [[prose|P.]] [[κατασκεδαννύναι]].

[[spread reports]] (absol.): [[prose|P.]] [[διαθροεῖν]], [[λογοποιεῖν]].

[[diffuse]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[διασπείρειν]], [[διαδιδόναι]], [[verse|V.]] [[ἐνδατεῖσθαι]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[σπείρειν]].

[[spread]] (a [[table]], etc.): use [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[παρατιθέναι]].

[[let a rich table be spread for you]]: [[verse|V.]] [[σοὶ πλουσία τράπεζα κείσθω]] ([[Sophocles]], ''[[Electra]]'' 361).

[[spread out]]: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] [[διαπεταννύναι]].

[[stretch out]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[τείνειν]], [[ἐκτείνειν]].

[[spread out the hands]]: [[verse|V.]] [[ἀναπτύσσειν χέρας]].

[[lengthen]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[τείνειν]], [[ἐκτείνειν]], [[μηκύνειν]]; see [[prolong]].

[[spread over]]: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[καταπεταννύναι]] (τινά τινι), [[verse|V.]] [[ὑπερτείνειν]] (τί τινος).

[[spread]] under: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ὑποστορεννύναι]] ([[Xenophon|Xen.]], also [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]). 

===verb intransitive===

[[extend]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[τείνειν]].

[[to prevent the earth from spreading far]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ὅπως μὴ διαχέοιτο ἐπὶ πολύ τὸ χῶμα]] ([[Thucydides|Thuc.]] 2, 75).

[[afterwards it]] (the [[plague]]) [[spread]] also

[[to the upper city]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ὕστερον δὲ καὶ εἰς τὴν ἄνω πόλιν ἀφίκετο]] ([[Thucydides|Thuc.]] 2, 48).

[[spread]] (of [[rumours]], etc.): [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[διέρχεσθαι]]. [[verse|V.]] [[ἐπέρχεσθαι]].

[[increase]]: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[ἐπιδιδόναι]].

[[spread among]] (of [[rumours]], etc.): [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[διέρχεσθαι]] (acc.), [[verse|V.]] [[διήκειν]] (acc.).

[[spread over]] (of [[disease]]): [[prose|P.]] [[ἐπινέμεσθαι]] (acc.) ([[Thucydides|Thuc.]] 2, 54).

[[spread round]]: [[prose|P.]] [[περιτείνεσθαι]].

===adjective===

of a [[bed]]: [[verse|V.]] [[στρωτός]].

[[ill-spread]]: [[verse|V.]] [[κακόστρωτος]].
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