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Οὔτοι συνέχθειν, ἀλλὰ συμφιλεῖν ἔφυν → I was not born to hate, but to love.

Sophocles, Antigone, 523

Greek Monolingual

η / τάνυσις, -ύσεως, ΝΑ τάνυμαι/ τανύω
1. η ενέργεια του τανύω, τέντωμα
2. μτφ. ένταση προσπάθειας, σφίξιμο.