σχοινο-τενής,ές, (τείνω)
A. stretched out like a measuring line: hence,
I. drawn in a straight line,διώρυχες, διέξοδοι, Hdt. 1.189 , 199 ;σχοινοτενὲς ποιήσασθαιto drawa straight line, Id. 7.23 .
2. metaph.,stretched out, prolix, ἄσματα
Philostr. Her. 19.17
; ἔννοιαι
Eust. 946.8
; of rhetoricalκῶλαexceeding a certain length, Hermog. Inv. 1.5 , 4.4 .Adv. -τενῶςib. 4.3 .
II. twistedorplaited of rushes, σπυρίδες
AP 6.5
( Phil. ).