ἐμπετάννυμι
From LSJ
δόξειε δ' ἂν τῆς κυριωτάτης καὶ μάλιστα ἀρχιτεκτονικῆς. τοιαύτη δ' ἡ πολιτικὴ φαίνεται → It would seem to belong to the most authoritative art and that which is most truly the master art. And politics appears to be of this nature.
English (LSJ)
or ἐμπεταννύω, fut. -πετάσω (v. infr.),
A to unfold and spread in or on, X.Cyr.1.6.40, J.BJ3.7.10: metaph., σφιν ἐμπετάσει λάθαν will spread oblivion, Hymn.Is.22:—Pass., to be spread, ἐπί τινος Callix.1. II in Pass., ἐ. ὕφεσι to be hung about with cloths, Socr.Rhod.1.
German (Pape)
[Seite 812] (s. πετάννυμι), darin, darüber ausbreiten; ἔν τινι, τὰ δίκτυα, Xen. Cyr. 1, 6, 40; οἱ τοῖχοι διαχρύσοις ἐμπεπετασμένοι ὕφεσι , mit Tapeten behangen, bei Ath. IV, 147 f; Sp.
