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|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> fut. -τενῶ [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''325, etc.:—[[stretch out]], χεῖρ' ἐπ' ἐκφορᾷ νεκροῦ Id.''Ch.''9; τὴν χ. ὑπτίαν Ar.''Ec.''782; <b class="b3">τὰς χεῖρας ἐπί τι</b> for something, Plb.1.3.6; <b class="b3">πρός τινα</b>, in sign of friendship, Id.2.47.2; πρὸς κέντρα κῶλον [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''325; παῖδας ἐπὶ τὴν πυρήν [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.107; ἐκεῖσε κἀκεῖσ' ἀσπίδ' ἐ. E.''Andr.''1131; εἰς ἧπαρ ξίφος Id.''Ph.''1421: abs., [[offer food]], Ath.5.186c; <b class="b3">τὰ γόνατ' ἐ.</b> [[straighten]] the knees, Ar.''V.''1212; ἐ. τὰ σκέλη X.''An.''5.8.14; νοῦ ἄπο μυρίον ὄμμα ''IG''3.716; ἐ. νέκυν E.''Hipp.'' 786; <b class="b3">ἓν γὰρ ἐκτενεῖ σ' ἔπος</b> [[will lay]] thee [[prostrate]], Id.''Med.''585:—Pass., to [[be outstretched]], [[lie at length]], of sleepers, etc., S.''Ph.''858(lyr.); ἐκταθεὶς ὥσπερ Ὀδυσσεὺς ἀφικέσθαι εἰς τὴν Ἑλλάδα X.''An.''5.1.2, etc.; of countries, etc., [[extend]], Id.''Vect.''4.3, D.P.40.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[stretch]], [[spread out]] a net, A.''Ch.''991; [[extend the line of]] an army, E.''Heracl.''801, Arr. ''Tact.''5.6; <b class="b3">λαὸν ἐκτείνοντ' ἄνω</b> (''[[sc.]]'' [[ἑαυτόν]]) E.''Supp.''654; στράτευμα X.''HG''6.5.19:—Pass., to [[be unfolded]], [[smoothed]], ὡς ἂν Διὸς μέτωπον ἐκταθῇ χαρᾷ [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Fragments|Fr.]]''902.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[spin out]], [[prolong]], πλεῦνα λόγον [[Herodotus|Hdt.]] 7.51; φροίμιον θεοῖς A.''Ag.''829; <b class="b3">μακρὰν ἐξέτεινας</b> ib.916, cf. E.''Med.'' 1351; μῆκος λόγου A.''Eu.''201; μείζονα λόγον S.''Tr.''679, etc.; βίον E. ''Supp.''1109; τοὺς περιπάτους [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''3.13.5:—Pass., λόγος ἐκταθείς [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Leges|Lg.]]''887a; of [[time]], πολὺς ἐκτέταται χρόνος [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''1402(anap.).<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[put to the full stretch]], ἵππον ἐ. [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''5.4.5; ἐ. πάντα κάλων [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Protagoras|Prt.]]'' 338a; <b class="b3">πᾶσαν προθυμίην ἐ.</b> [[put forth]] all one's zeal, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.10.η'; τὸν θυμόν And.3.31; ἅπασαν ἀγωνίαν D.60.30: metaph. in Pass., to [[be on the rack]], ἐκτέταμαι [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''153 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">IV</span> [[lengthen]] a short syllable, A.D.''Pron.''27.2 (Pass.), al., interpol. in D.H.2.58.<br><span class="bld">V</span> intr., [[draw along]], [[LXX]] ''Jd.''20.37.