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|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> fut. -τενῶ E.''IA''336: aor. -έτεινα (v. infr.):—[[stretch]], [[draw tight]], κατὰ δ' ἡνία τεῖνεν ὀπίσσω Il.3.261, 311; κ. χαλινούς Hdt.4.72; <b class="b3">κ. τὰ ὅπλα</b> [[draw]] the cables [[taut]], Id.7.36; τὰ νεῦρα εἰς τὸ ἐξόπισθεν κ. Pl.''Ti.''84e.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[stretch for the purpose of setting]] a bone, Hp.''Fract.'' 15:—also Med., ib.5:—Pass., <b class="b3">μῦς κατατεταμένος</b> ib.8.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[rack]], [[torture]], κατατεινόμενος ὑπὸ τῆς βασάνου προσωμολόγησε D.48.18, cf. Ael. ''Fr.''176; κατατείνειν ταῖς κολάσεσι Id.''Fr.''279: metaph., κ. τὴν ψυχήν Id.''Fr.''60; κατέτεινέ με διηγούμενος Lib.''Decl.''33.25; κατατείνεσθαι ὑπὸ ποδάγρας Phylarch.40 J., cf. ''AP''11.128 (Poll.).<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[stretch out]] or [[draw in a straight line]], <b class="b3">κατέτεινε σχοινοτενέας ὑποδέξας διώρυχας</b>, i.e. he marked out the ditches by drawing straight lines, Hdt.1.189; <b class="b3">δόλιχον κ. τοῦ λόγου</b> [[make a very long]] speech, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Protagoras|Prt.]]'' 329b; <b class="b3">μακρὸν λόγον, πολλοὺς καὶ μακροὺς ἐλέγχους</b>, Phlp.''in APr.''262.10, ''in APo.''243.19; φεύγουσι κατατείναντες τὴν κέρκον Arist.''HA''629b35:—Pass., [[extend throughout]], Id.''PA''650a29.<br><span class="bld">5</span> Pass., to [[be tightly bound]], ὑπὸ δεσμοῦ Plu.''Luc.''24.<br><span class="bld">6</span> [[stretch on the ground]], [[lay at full length]], [ὁ ἐλέφας] τοὺς φοίνικας κ. ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς Arist.''HA''610a24; κ. τινὰς ἐπὶ τοὔδαφος Plu. ''Publ.''6:—Pass., to [[be extended over]] a space, ἐπὶ γῆν Pl.''Ti.''58e; <b class="b3">πρὸς γῆν πᾶν τὸ σῶμα</b> ib.92a; σκέλη ἐπὶ τῇ γῇ -τεταμένα Arist.''IA''713a19.<br><span class="bld">7</span> metaph., [[strain]], [[exert]], κ. τὴν ῥώμην ὅλην Plb.21.34.7 ([[si vera lectio|s. v.l.]]):—Pass., to [[be strained]], <b class="b3">μᾶλλον, ἧττον-τείνεσθαι</b>, Pl.''Ti.''63c, <b class="b3">λόγοι κατατεινόμενοι</b> words [[of hot contention]], E.''Hec.''130 (anap.); δρόμημα συνεχῶς -τεταμένον Arist.''HA''629b19; <b class="b3">κ. τῷ προσώπῳ</b> [[strain]] with the muscles of [[one's]] face, Plu.''Ant.''77; cf. infr. 11.2.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[overwork]], τοὺς γεωργούς ''PTeb.'' 61b197 (ii B.C.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> intr., [[extend]] or [[run straight towards]], τάφρον -τείνουσαν ἐκ τῶν Ταυρικῶν ὀρέων ἐς τὴν Μαιῆτιν λίμνην Hdt.4.3, cf. 9.15; <b class="b3">γῆ κ. πρὸς ἑσπέρην ἐπὶ ποταμὸν Ἀγγίτην</b> it [[stretches]] westward up to... Id.7.113, cf. 4.19, X.''HG''4.4.7: abs., [[extend]], ταύτῃ κ. Hdt.8.31.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[extend downwards]], Plu.2.566d.<br><span class="bld">c</span> metaph., [[tend]], εἴς τι Metrod.''Fr.''6.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[strive earnestly]], [[be vehement]], E.''IA''336; ἰσχυρῶς κ. X.''An.''2.5.30; opp. [[χαλάω]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 329c; <b class="b3">κ. ἡ ὀδύνη</b> [[varia lectio|v.l.]] for [[κατακτείνειε]] in Hp.''Fract.''43, cf. Gal.6.311: freq. in aor. part. with adverb. sense, [[with all one's force]] or [[might]], κατατείνας ἐρῶ [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 358d, cf. 367b; ὁ λέων τρέχει κ. Arist.''HA''629b18; ᾠχόμην κ. Luc.''Lex.''3; ὄρνεις κατατείνασαι ἐκπτήσονται Id.''Sat.''35.