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ἐντείνω

ἐντείνω, to stretch

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ἐνέτεινε aorist active indicative 3rd singular, imperfect active indicative 3rd singular of ἐντείνω

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ἐντείνω,
  • stretch or strain tight, esp. of any operation performed with straps or cords,
      • 1 ἐνέτεινε τὸν θρόνον [ἱμᾶσι] Hdt. 5.25 (cf. ἐντανύω):—more freq. (as always in Hom.) Pass., δίφρος . . ἱμᾶσιν ἐντέταται is hung on tight-stretched straps. Il. 5.728; [κυνέη] ἔντοσθεν ἱμᾶσιν ἐντέτατο στερεῶς was strongly lined inside with tight-stretched straps, 10.263; so [τὰς γεφύρας] ἐδόκεον ἐντεταμένας εὑρήσειν] expected to find the bridge with the mooring-cables taut, Hdt. 9.106; σχεδίαι ἐντετ. Id. 8.117; κλίνη ἐντετ. Polyaen. 7.14.1; εἰ ἡ ἔντασις τῶν ῥάβδων χρηστῶς ἐνταθείη Hp. Fract. 30; τράχηλος ἐντετ. with sinews taut, Phld. Ir. p.5 W.: metaph., ἐντεταμένου τοῦ σώματος being toned, tempered, Pl. Phd. 86b, cf. 92a.
      • 2 stretch a bow tight, bend it for shooting, A. Fr. 83, cf. E. Supp. 886: metaph., καιροῦ πέρα τὸ τόξον ἐ. ib. 745:—Med., bend oneʼs bow, Id. IA 549 (lyr.), X. Cyr. 4.1.3:—Pass., τόξα ἐντεταμένα bows ready strung, Hdt. 2.173, Luc. Scyth. 2: hence, com., κέντρον ἐντέταται is ready for action, Ar. V. 407.
        • b of the strings of the lyre, τῆς νεάτης ἐντεταμένης Arist. Pr. 921b27.
      • 3 ἐ. ναῦν ποδί keep a shipʼs sail taut by the sheet, ναῦς ἐνταθεῖσα ποδὶ ἔβαψεν E. Or. 706.
      • 4 ἐ. ἵππον τῷ ἀγωγεῖ hold a horse with tight rein, X. Eq. 8.3.
      • 5 tie tight, βοῦν . . ἐ. βρόχοις E. Andr. 720.
    • II metaph., strain, exert, τὰς ἀκοάς Polyaen. 1.21.2; ἑαυτόν Plu. An seni 2.795f:—Med., φωνὴν ἐντεινάμενος Aeschin. 2.157; ἐντεινάμενοι τὴν ἁρμονίαν pitching the tune high, Ar. Nu. 968:—Pass., πρόθυμοι καὶ ἐντεταμένοι εἰς τὸ ἔργον braced up for action, X. Oec. 21.9; τῇ διανοία περί τι Plb. 10.3.1; ἐνταθῆναι περί τινος PSI 4.340 (iii B.C.); ἐντεινόμενος on the stretch, eager, opp. ἀνιέμενος, X. Mem. 3.10.7, cf. Cyn. 7.8; μᾶλλον ἐντεινάμενος εἶπον Pl. R. 536c; πρόσωπον ἐντεταμένον a serious face, Luc. Vit. Auct. 10.
      • 2 intensify, carry on vigorously, τὴν πολιορκίαν Plu. Luc. 14; excite, θυμὸν ἀνόητον Plu. Adul. 2.61e, cf. Tranq. 464b.
    • III intr. in Act., exert oneself, be vehement, E. Or. 698, Fr. 340.
      • 2 intr. in Act., penem erigere, [have an erection] Arist. Pr. 879a11:—Pass., εἰκόνες ἐντεταμέναι D.S. 1.88.
    • IV stretch out at or against, πληγὴν ἐ. τινί lay a blow on him, X. An. 2.4.11, cf. Lys. Fr. 75.4; without πληγήν, attack, Pl. Min. 321a; πύξ τινι D.C. 57.22.
    • V place exactly in, ἐς κύκλον χωρίον τρίγωνον inscribe an area as a triangle in a circle, Pl. Men. 87a (Pass.).
      • 2 esp. put into verse, ἐ. τοὺς Αἰσώπου λόγους Id. Phd. 60d; ἐ. εἰς ἐλεγεῖον Id. Hipparch. 228d; τοὺς νόμους εἰς ἔπος Plu. Sol. 3; ἔπεσιν ἐ. τὴν παραίνεσιν Jul. Or. 6.188b; set to music, ποιήματα εἰς τὰ κιθαρίσματα Pl. Prt. 326b:—Med., Ἰθάκην ἐνετείνατο . . Ὅμηρος ᾠδῇσιν Hermesian. 7.29.

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