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|Definition=<span class="bibl">Il.16.365</span>, etc.: fut. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> τενῶ <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Th.</span>1205</span>, (ἀπο-) <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>458b</span>, (ἐκ-) <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>585</span>: aor. ἔτεινα <span class="bibl">Il.4.124</span>, Ep. τεῖνα <span class="bibl">3.261</span>: pf. τέτᾰκα <span class="bibl">D.H. 19.12</span>, etc., (ἀπο-) <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>465e</span>:—Med., fut. [[τενοῦμαι]] (παρα-) <span class="bibl">Th.3.46</span>, (προ-) <span class="bibl">D.14.5</span>: aor. [[ἐτεινάμην]], Ep. <b class="b3">τειν-</b>, <span class="bibl">A.R.2.1043</span>, <span class="bibl">4.705</span>, (προ-) <span class="bibl">Hdt. 9.34</span>, (δι-) <span class="bibl">Antipho 5.46</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>78b</span>:—Pass., fut. [[τᾰθήσομαι]] (παρα-) <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ly.</span>204c</span>: aor. <b class="b3">ἐτάθην</b> [ᾰ] <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>124</span> (lyr.), etc., Ep. τάθην <span class="bibl">Il.23.375</span>: pf. τέτᾰμαι <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>549</span>, etc.: plpf. 3sg. and pl. [[τέτατο]], [[τέταντο]], <span class="bibl">Od.11.11</span>, <span class="bibl">Il.4.544</span>; 3dual [[τετάσθην]] ib.<span class="bibl">536</span>:—[[stretch]] by force, [[pull tight]], κυκλοτερὲς μέγα τόξον ἔτεινε <span class="bibl">Il.4.124</span>; ἐπ' Ἀλεξάνδρῳ τείνοντα πάλαι τόξον <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>364</span> (anap.); <b class="b3">ἐξ ἄντυγος ἡνία τείνας</b> [[having tied]] the reins [[tight]] to the chariot-rail, <span class="bibl">Il.5.262</span>; <b class="b3">ναὸς πόδα τείνας</b> [[keeping]] the sheet [[taut]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>716</span>; κάλων τείνας οὔριον εὐφροσυνᾶν <span class="title">IG</span>14.793; οἱ ἀπείρως κατ' εὐθὺ τείνοντες <span class="bibl">Sor.1.73</span>; <b class="b3">τῷ ψιμύθῳ . . παρειήν</b> [[make]] it (look) [[full]], AP11.374 (Maced.):—Med., <b class="b3">τείνατο τόξα</b> [[stretched his]] bow, <span class="bibl">A.R.2.1043</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Orph.<span class="title">A.</span>589</span>; of tendons, etc., Gal. 18(2).58, al.:—Pass., [<b class="b3">ἱμὰς] ὑπ' ἀνθερεῶνος . . τέτατο</b> [the strap] [[was made tight]], <span class="bibl">Il.3.372</span>; τελαμῶνε περὶ στήθεσσι τετάσθην <span class="bibl">14.404</span>; <b class="b3">τέταθ' ἱστία</b> [[were stretched taut]], <span class="bibl">Od.11.11</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., [[stretch]] or [[strain]], <b class="b3">ἶσον τείνειεν πολέμου τέλος</b> [[strain]] the issue of war even, <span class="bibl">Il.20.101</span>:—Pass., τῶν ἐπὶ ἶσα μάχη τέτατο πτόλεμός τε <span class="bibl">12.436</span>, <span class="bibl">15.413</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>638</span>; <b class="b3">τέτατο κρατερὴ ὑσμίνη</b> the fight [[was strained]], [[was intense]], <span class="bibl">Il.17.543</span>; <b class="b3">ἵπποισι τάθη δρόμος</b> their pace [[was strained to the utmost]], <span class="bibl">23.375</span>; <b class="b3">τοῖσι δ' ἀπὸ νύσσης τέτατο δρόμος</b> they [[set off at full speed]] from the starting-line, ib.<span class="bibl">758</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.8.121</span>: <b class="b3">τ. αὐδάν</b> [[strain]] the voice, [[raise]] it [[high]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>574</span> (lyr.):—Pass. also, [[exert oneself]], [[be anxious]], <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>1.49</span>; ἀμφ' ἀρεταῖς <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">P.</span>11.54</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[stretch out]], [[spread]], ὅτε τε Ζεὺς λαίλαπα τείνῃ <span class="bibl">Il.16.365</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ νὺξ τέταται βροτοῖσι</b> night [[is spread]] over them, <span class="bibl">Od.11.19</span>; ἀὴρ τέταται μακάρων ἐπὶ ἔργοις <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span> 549</span>; of light, αἴγλαν ἃ τέταται <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>831</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>616b</span>; of sound, ἀμφὶ νῶτ' ἐτάθη πάταγος <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>124</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">δίκτυα τ</b>. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyn.</span> 6.9</span>; ψυχὴν διὰ παντός <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>34b</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> Gramm., [[lengthen]] a syllable, <span class="bibl">A.D.<span class="title">Pron.</span>55.1</span>:—Pass., ib.<span class="bibl">27.25</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">11.1</span> fin. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> [[aim at]], [[direct towards]] a point, prop. from the bow, ἐπὶ Τροίᾳ τ. τὰ θεῶν ἀμάχητα βέλη <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>198</span> (anap.): metaph., <b class="b3">ἔς τινα τ. φόνον</b> [[aim]], [[design]] death to one, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>263</span> (but <b class="b3">τ. φόνον</b> [[prolong]] murder, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Supp.</span>672</span>); <b class="b3">τ. λόγον</b> εἴς τινα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>63a</span>:—Pass., ἐς σὲ τ. γλῶσσα <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Rh.</span>875</span>; ἡ ἅμιλλα τέταται πρὸς τοῦτο <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>271a</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Lg.</span>770d</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">R.</span>581b</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[stretch out in length]], [[lay]], <b class="b3">ζυγὰ ἐπιπολῆς τ</b>. <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.96</span>:—Pass., [[lie out at length]], [[lie stretched]], ἐπὶ γαίῃ κεῖτο ταθείς <span class="bibl">Il.13.655</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν κονίῃσι τετάσθην, τέταντο</b>, <span class="bibl">4.536</span>,<span class="bibl">544</span>; <b class="b3">ταθεὶς ἐνὶ δεσμῷ</b> [[hanging stretched]] in chains, <span class="bibl">Od.22.200</span>; [<b class="b3">φάσγανον] ὑπὸ λαπάρην τέτατο</b> [[hung along]] or [[by]] his side, <span class="bibl">Il.22.307</span>; <b class="b3">διὰ . . αἰθέρος . . τέταται</b> [[extends]], <span class="bibl">Emp.135</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">100.2</span>; τῶν ἐκ τῆς χώρας λεωφόρων εἰς τὴν πόλιν τεταμένων <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>763c</span>; φλὲψ . . διὰ τοῦ κοίλου τείνεται <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>513b3</span>: [[τεταμένος]] sometimes becomes a mere Adj., [[long]], <b class="b3">αὐχένα . . τεταμένον τῇ φύσει</b>, of birds, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">PA</span>692b20</span>; in Gramm., of a [[long]] vowel, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PBouriant</span>8 i 1</span>, <span class="bibl">14</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[stretch]] or [[hold out]], [[present]], τινὰ ἐπὶ σφαγάν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>1494</span> (lyr.); [[ἀσπίδα]], [[δόρυ]], <span class="title">AP</span>7.147 (Arch.), 720 (Chaerem.); <b class="b3">τὴν χεῖρά τινι</b> or <b class="b3">ἐπί τι</b>, <span class="bibl">A.R. 4.107</span>, <span class="bibl">1049</span>:—Med., <b class="b3">τείνεσθαι χέρε, γυῖα, δειρήν</b>, <b class="b2">one's</b> hands, etc., <span class="bibl">Theoc.21.48</span>, <span class="bibl">A.R.1.1009</span>, <span class="bibl">4.127</span>, etc.; συὸς τέκος <span class="bibl">Id.4.705</span>; [[ἑανούς]] ib.<span class="bibl">1155</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[extend]], [[lengthen]], of [[time]], τὸν μακρὸν τ. βίον <span class="bibl">A. <span class="title">Pr.</span>537</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>670</span>; αἰῶνα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ion</span> 625</span>; τόνδ' ἐτεινάτην λόγον <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>510</span>; μακροὺς τ. λόγους <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>1177</span>; <b class="b3">τί μάτην τείνουσι βοήν</b>; (where others interpr. it like [[τ. αὐδάν]], v. supr. <span class="bibl">1.2</span>) <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Med.</span> 201</span> (anap.); πολλὰ μὲν τάλαινα πολλὰ δ' αὖ σοφὴ . . μακρὰν ἔτεινας <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1296</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>1040</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">B</span> intr., of geographical position, [[stretch out]] or [[extend]], <b class="b3">παρ' ἣν</b> (sc. [[λίμνην]]) τὸ . . ὄρος τείνει <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.6</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ πρὸς Λιβύης . . ὄρος ἄλλο τείνει</b> ib.<span class="bibl">8</span>; τ. μέχρι . . <span class="bibl">Id.4.38</span>; ἐς . . <span class="bibl">Id.7.113</span>; ἐπὶ . . <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Ages.</span>2.17</span>; of a dress, <b class="b3">ὑπὸ σφυροῖσι τ</b>. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>936</span>; of a mountain, <b class="b3">ὑψόθι τ</b>. <span class="bibl">A.R.2.354</span>: of [[time]], <b class="b3">ἡμερολεγδὸν τείνοντα χρόνον</b> [[dragging out]] time, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>64</span> (anap.):—rarely so in Pass., ὄρος τεταμένον τὸν αὐτὸν τρόπον <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.8</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[exert oneself]], [[struggle]], ἐναντία τισί <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>492d</span>; [[press on]], [[hasten]], οἱ δ' ἔτεινον ἐς πύλας <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Supp.</span>720</span>; δηλοῖ τοὖργον, οἷ τ. χρεών <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Or.</span>1129</span>; τὸ μὴ τείνειν ἄγαν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>711</span>; τ. ὥς τινα <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Th.</span>1205</span>; ἔτεινον ἄνω πρὸς τὸ ὄρος <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>4.3.21</span>; εὐθὺ Βαβυλῶνος <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Nec.</span>6</span>; τὴν ἐπὶ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Icar.</span>22</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> [[extend to]], [[reach]], ἐπὶ τὴν ψυχήν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>186c</span>; ἐπὶ πᾶν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Smp.</span>186b</span>; of the veins [[stretching]] from one point to another, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>492a20</span>, <span class="bibl">513a2</span>, al., cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span> 65c</span>, <span class="bibl">Diog.Apoll.6</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[tend]], [[refer]], [[belong to]], <b class="b3">τείνει ἐς σέ</b> [[it refers to]], [[concerns]] you, <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.109</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">7.135</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>435</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Hipp.</span>797</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ποῖ τείνει καὶ εἰς τί</b>; to what does it <b class="b2">tend?</b> <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Cri.</span>47c</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Tht.</span>163a</span>, <span class="bibl">D.10.54</span>; μηδαμόσε ἄλλοσε <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>499a</span>; πρός τι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Smp.</span>188d</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Prt.</span> 345b</span>; ἐς ταὐτόν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cra.</span>439c</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">τείνειν πρός τινα</b> or τι, [[come near to]], to [[be like]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tht.</span>169b</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Cra.</span>402c</span>; ἐγγύς τι τείνειν τοῦ τεθνάναι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Phd.</span>65a</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">R.</span>548d</span>. (Cf. [[τανύω]], Skt. [[tanóti]] 'stretch', Lat. [[tendo]], etc.)</span>