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|auten=(Att. [[τείνω]]), aor. (ἐ）[[τάνυ]](ς）σα, [[mid]]. pres. [[τάνυται]], ipf. τανύοντο, aor. [[part]]. τανυσσάμενος, [[pass]]. perf. τετάνυσται, plup. τετάνυστο, aor. 3 pl. τάνυσθεν, [[part]]. τανυσθείς: I. [[act]]., [[stretch]], [[strain]], [[extend]], as in ‘stringing’ a [[bow]], a [[lyre]], Od. 21.407, 409; ‘holding horses to [[their]] [[speed]]’ [[with]] the [[reins]], Il. 23.324; ‘[[drawing]]’ the [[shuttle]] to and [[fro]] in [[weaving]], Il. 23.761; and in [[general]] of ‘arranging’ [[anything]] [[long]] or [[broad]], spears, spits, tables, Il. 9.213, Od. 15.283, Od. 1.138. Metaph., ἔριδα πολέμοιο, μάχην, πόνον, ἔριδος [[πεῖραρ]], Ξ 3, Il. 13.359.—II. [[pass]]. and [[mid]]., be stretched or extended, be [[tight]]; the cheeks ‘became [[full]]’ [[again]], Od. 16.175; of mules, horses ‘stretching [[out]],’ ‘laying [[themselves]] [[out]]’ to [[run]], Il. 16.375, , Od. 6.83; [[νῆσος]] τετάνυσται, ‘extends,’ Od. 9.116.— Mid., subjectively, Il. 4.112; reflexive, Od. 9.298.