ἐκτενής
Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.
English (LSJ)
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A strained: hence of persons, warmly attached, friendly, Plb.21.22.4 (Sup.), cf. D.S.34.2.39, Socr. ap. Stob.4.31.130 ; assiduous, περί τινα Supp.Epigr.2.277.5 (Delph., ii B.C.): Comp. -έστερος τῇ προθυμίᾳ IGRom.4.293aii 38 (Pergam., ii B.C.): Sup. -εστάτη προθυμία Chrysipp.Stoic.2.293, cf. Vit.Philonid.p.9C.; πρόνοια UPZ110.46(ii B. C.). 2 extended, Dam.Pr.64; capable of extension, ἐ. ἐστι τὸ μεταδίδον τῶν ἑαυτοῦ καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις Herm.in Phdr.p.121A. 3 abundant, γάλα Sor.1.94. II Adv. -νῶς (Elean ἐκτενέωρ GDI 1172.12 ; Cret. ἐκτενίως ib.5138.13 ; Ion. -έως Ps.-Hdt.Vit.Hom.7) earnestly, zealously, ἀγαπᾶσθαι Machoap.Ath.13.579e; ποιεῖν τι Arist. MM1210a27 ; συναγωνίζεσθαι IG22.945, cf. SIG538.17 (Delph., iii B. C.); εὐχὴ ἐ. γινομένη Act.Ap.12.5 : Comp. -έστερον Cic.Att.13.9.1 : Sup.-έστατα D.S.29.4. 2 in Adv. also, eagerly, freely, splendidly (condemned by Phryn.285), προσδέξασθαί τινα Plb.8.19.1, cf. D.S. 2.24, etc.; of public duties, λαμπρῶς καὶ ἐ. τετελεκότα CIG2771ii14 (Aphrodisias): Comp., πολυτελῶς καὶ ἐκτενέστερον τῶν ἄλλων Agatharch. Fr.Hist.6J.—Not in early writers, corrupt in A.Supp.983.
