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|mdlsjtxt=fut. -τενῶ perf. -τέτᾶκα [[pass]]. -τέτᾰμαι<br /><b class="num">I.</b> to [[stretch]] out, Hdt., [[attic]]: τὰ [[γόνατα]] ἐκτ. to [[straighten]] the knees, Ar.: ἐκτ. νέκυν to lay one [[dead]], Eur.:—Pass. to be outstretched, lie at [[length]], Soph.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> to [[stretch]] or [[spread]] out a net, Aesch.: to [[extend]] the [[line]] of an [[army]], Eur.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> to [[stretch]] out, [[prolong]], λόγον Hdt., [[attic]]<br /><b class="num">III.</b> to put to the [[full]] [[stretch]], of a [[horse]] put to [[full]] [[speed]], Xen.; πᾶσαν προθυμίην ἐκτ. to put [[forth]] all one's [[zeal]], Hdt.:—metaph. in Pass. to be on the [[rack]], Soph.