strained
ἐκτεν-ής,ές,
A. strained: hence of persons,warmly attached, friendly,
Plb. 21.22.4 ( Sup. ), cf. D.S. 34.2.39 , Socr. ap. Stob. 4.31.130 ;assiduous,
περί τινα
Supp.Epigr. 2.277.5
(Delph.,ii B.C.): Comp. - έστερος τῇ προθυμίᾳ
IGRom. 4.293a
ii 38 (Pergam.,ii B.C.): Sup. - εστάτη προθυμία
Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.293
, cf. Vit.Philonid. p.9C. ; πρόνοια
UPZ 110.46
(ii B. C.).
2. extended,
Dam. Pr. 64 ;capable of extension,
ἐ. ἐστι τὸ μεταδίδον τῶν ἑαυτοῦ καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις
Herm. in Phdr. p.121A.
3. abundant,
γάλα
Sor. 1.94
.
II. Adv.-νῶς(Elean ἐκτενέωρ
GDI 1172.12
; Cret.ἐκτενίωςib. 5138.13 ; Ion. -έωςPs.- Hdt. Vit.Hom. 7 )earnestly, zealously, ἀγαπᾶσθαιMachoap. Ath. 13.579e ; ποιεῖν τι
Arist. MM 1210a27
; συναγωνίζεσθαι
IG 22.945
, cf. SIG 538.17 (Delph.,iii B. C.); εὐχὴ ἐ. γινομένη
Act.Ap. 12.5
: Comp. -έστερον
Cic. Att. 13.9.1 : Sup. -έστατα
D.S. 29.4 .
2. inAdv.also,eagerly, freely, splendidly(condemned by Phryn. 285 ), προσδέξασθαί τινα
Plb. 8.19.1
, cf. D.S. 2.24 , etc.; of public duties, λαμπρῶς καὶ ἐ. τετελεκότα
CIG 2771ii14
(Aphrodisias): Comp. , πολυτελῶς καὶ ἐκτενέστερον τῶν ἄλλων
Agatharch. Fr.Hist. 6J.
—Not in early writers, corrupt in A. Supp. 983 .
