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τείνω (teinō) to stretch out ^G:V

τείνω,

[Refs 8th c.BC+]: future τενῶ [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἔτεινα [Refs 8th c.BC+], Epic dialect τεῖνα [Refs]: perfect τέτᾰκα [Refs 5th c.BC+] —middle, future τενοῦμαι (παρα-) [Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist ἐτεινάμην, Epic dialect τειν-, [Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, future τᾰθήσομαι (παρα-) [Refs]aorist ἐτάθην [ᾰ] [Refs 5th c.BC+], etc., Epic dialect τάθην [Refs 8th c.BC+]: perfect τέτᾰμαι [Refs 8th c.BC+]pluperfect 3rd.pers. singular and plural τέτατο, τέταντο, [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—stretch by force, pull tight, κυκλοτερὲς μέγα τόξον ἔτεινε [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐξ ἄντυγος ἡνία τείνας having tied the reins tight to the chariot-rail, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ναὸς πόδα τείνας keeping the sheet taut, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῷ ψιμύθῳ.. παρειήν make it (look) full, [Refs 1st c.AD+] —middle, τείνατο τόξα stretched his bow, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; of tendons, etc., [Refs 2nd c.AD+] —passive, [ἱμὰς] ὑπ᾽ ἀνθερεῶνος.. τέτατο [the strap] was made tight, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τέταθ᾽ ἱστία were stretched taut, [Refs 8th c.BC+]

__2 metaphorically, stretch or strain, ἶσον τείνειεν πολέμου τέλος strain the issue of war even, [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—passive, τῶν ἐπὶ ἶσα μάχη τέτατο πτόλεμός τε [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τέτατο κρατερὴ ὑσμίνη the fight was strained, was intense, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἵπποισι τάθη δρόμος their pace was strained to the utmost, [Refs]; τοῖσι δ᾽ ἀπὸ νύσσης τέτατο δρόμος they set off at full speed from the starting-line,[Refs 8th c.BC+] strain the voice, raise it high, [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive also, exert oneself, be anxious, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 stretch out, spread, ὅτε τε Ζεὺς λαίλαπα τείνῃ [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ νὺξ τέταται βροτοῖσι night is spread over them, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of light, αἴγλαν ἃ τέταται [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of sound, ἀμφὶ νῶτ᾽ ἐτάθη πάταγος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δίκτυα τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3.b Grammars, lengthen a syllable, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] —passive [Refs]
__4 aim at, direct towards a point, properly from the bow, ἐπὶ Τροίᾳ τ. τὰ θεῶν ἀμάχητα βέλη [Refs 5th c.BC+] aim, design death to one, [Refs 5th c.BC+] prolong murder, [Refs]; τ. λόγον εἴς τινα [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, ἐς σὲ τ. γλῶσσα [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II stretch out in length, lay, ζυγὰ ἐπιπολῆς τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, lie out at length, lie stretched, ἐπὶ γαίῃ κεῖτο ταθείς [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ταθεὶς ἐνὶ δεσμῷ hanging stretched in chains, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; [φάσγανον] ὑπὸ λαπάρην τέτατο hung along or by his side, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; διὰ.. αἰθέρος.. τέταται extends, [Refs 5th c.BC+] sometimes becomes a mere adjective, long, αὐχένα.. τεταμένον τῇ φύσει, of birds, [Refs]; in Grammars, of a long vowel, [Refs]
__II.2 stretch or hold out, present, τινὰ ἐπὶ σφαγάν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀσπίδα, δόρυ, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὴν χεῖρά τινι or ἐπί τι, [Refs 3rd c.BC+] —middle, τείνεσθαι χέρε, γυῖα, δειρήν, one's hands, etc., [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__II.3 extend, lengthen, of Time, τὸν μακρὸν τ. βίον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τί μάτην τείνουσι βοή; (where others interpretation it like{τ. αὐδάν}, see[Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B intransitive, of geographical position, stretch out or extend, παρ᾽ ἣν (i.e. λίμνην) τὸ.. ὄρος τείνει [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ πρὸς Λιβύης.. ὄρος ἄλλο τείνει[Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a dress, ὑπὸ σφυροῖσι τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a mountain, ὑψόθι τ. [Refs 3rd c.BC+] dragging out time, [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—rarely so in passive, ὄρος τεταμένον τὸν αὐτὸν τρόπον [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.II exert oneself, struggle, ἐναντία τισί [Refs 5th c.BC+]; press on, hasten, οἱ δ᾽ ἔτεινον ἐς πύλας [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.III extend to, reach, ἐπὶ τὴν ψυχήν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the veins stretching from one point to another, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.III.2 tend, refer, belong to, τείνει ἐς σέ it refers to, concerns you, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ποῖ τείνει καὶ εἰς τ; to what does it tend? [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.III.3 τείνειν πρός τινα or τι, come near to, to be like, [Refs], Sanskrit tanóti 'stretch', Latin tendo, etc.)