ὑπερτείνειν

From LSJ

ἐπάμεροι· τί δέ τις; τί δ' οὔ τις; σκιᾶς ὄναρ ἄνθρωπος → Neverlasting: What is a somebody? What is a nobody? You are a dream of a shadow | Creatures of a day. What is a someone, what is a no one? Man is the dream of a shade.

Source

Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)

(see also τείνω): spread over, stretch over

Lexicon Thucydideum

protendi, to hold forth, extend, 2.76.4.