προσεπιτείνω

English (LSJ)

   A stretch still further: metaph., contend more earnestly, Id.3.24.14.    2 intensify still more, τὴν παροῦσαν ἐπιθυμίαν Phld. Rh.2.290S.; τὸ δίψος Plu.2.689e; τὴν καλὴν νεανιείαν Ph.2.306; τὴν ὀργήν J.BJ7.3.3:—intr., of fevers, Gal.7.859:—Pass., of wind, Ph. 2.99.    II impose severer terms upon, τοὺς Καρχηδονίους Plb.1.63.2: abs., π. ταῖς βασάνοις use severer tortures, D.S.10.18.    III intr., to be prolonged, Orib.Fr.74.

German (Pape)

[Seite 762] (s. τείνω), noch dazu, noch mehr anspannen, anstrengen; Pol. 3, 24, 14; Ggstz von λύειν, δίψος, Plut. Symp. 6, 3, 2.