Liddell-Scott-Jones

ἀποτείνω (apoteinō) to extend ^G:V

ἀποτείνω,

3rd.pers.plural perfect passive ἀποτέτανται[Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—stretch out, extend, μέρος τι αὑτοῦ[Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, δρέπανα ἐκ τῶν ἀξόνων εἰς πλάγιον ἀποτεταμένα[Refs 5th c.BC+]

__2 extend, prolong, of the line of an army, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μακροτέρους ἀ. μισθούς extend rewards much further, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially of speeches, λόγον[Refs]; ἀ. μακροὺς λόγους to make long speeches, [Refs]; of brazen vessels, μακρὸν ἠχεῖ καὶ ἀ. [τὴν ἠχήν] [Refs 1st c.AD+]: —passive, προοίμια ἀποτεταμένα ὡς ἐν διηγήσεως τρόπῳ[Refs 1st c.BC+]
__3 strain, tighten:— passive, παραδείγματα ἀκριβῶς ἀποτεταμένα ταῖς γραμμαῖς severely drawn, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—middle, exert oneself, ὑπέρ τινος about a thing, [Refs]; ἀποτείνεσθαι πρός τινα inveigh against.., [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__4 refer, allude, πρός τινα[Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—middle, [Refs 6th c.AD+] —passive, impersonal, ἀποτείνεται ἐπί.. the reference is to.., [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II intransitive, extend, ἀπὸ.., εἰς.., [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἀ. πόρρω to go too far, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with participle, continue doing, ἀ. μαχόμενοι[Refs 1st c.AD+]