stretch upon
ἐπιτείνω, Ion. iterat.
A.
ἐπιτείνεσκον
Hdt. 1.186
:pf.
-τέτακα
PTeb. 19.6
(ii B.C.):—stretch uponorover,
ξύλα ἐπὶ τὴν γέφυραν
Hdt.
l.c. ; ὑπὲρ [τάφρης]
Id. 4.201
:— Hom. only in Pass. , ἐπὶ νὺξ ὀλοὴ τέταται δειλοῖσι βροτοῖσι
Od. 11.19
; ἐπὶ πτόλεμος τέτατό σφιν
Il. 17.736
.
2. stretch as on a frame, tighten, screw up,esp. of musical strings, ἐ. τὰς χορδάς
Pl. Ly. 209b
; ὥσπερ λύραν ἐ. ἕως ἂν ἁρμόσῃ
Macho 2.9
:— Pass. , χορδαὶ -όμεναι
Arist. Pr. 920b3
, cf. GA 787b13 , Pl. Phd. 98c .
b. of sounds,raisethemto a higher pitch,
ἐ. τὸν φθόγγον καὶ ὀξὺ φθέγγεσθαι
Arist. Phgn. 807a15
, cf. 806b27 ( Pass. ) ; of pitch accent, Phld. Po. 2.18 ( Pass. ).
c. metaph.,increase in intensity, augment, heighten,
ἡδονάς
Pl. Lg. 645d
; τὰ τιμήματα ἐ. ἢ ἀνιέναι
Arist. Pol. 1308b4
; τὰ [τῆς ψυχῆς] γυμνάσια
Pl. R. 498b
; ἐ. [τὴν πολιτείαν]
Arist. Pol. 1309b33
, cf. 1301b17 ( Pass. ), Rh. 1360a25 ( Pass. ) ;ἐ. τὴν κρᾶσιν makeitstronger,
Plu. 2.677f ;heightenby contrast,τὰ φωτεινὰ καὶ λαμπρὰ τοῖς σκιεροῖς καὶ σκοτεινοῖς ἐ.,of painters, ib. 57c ;τῇ γλυκύτητι τοῦ νουθετοῦντος ἐ. τὸ πικρὸν..τῆς νουθεσίαςib. 67b : abs.,exert oneself greatly,
D. 56.13 , Arist. EN 1138b23 ;strain matters to an extreme,
Id. Pol. 1293a26 :— Pass. ,εἰ ἐπιτείνοιντο δυσκατάποτοιif their difficulty in swallowingincreases,
Archig. ap. Gal. 12.976 ; so inpf. part.
Pass. ,intensified,
ταραχή
Epicur. Ep. 1p.30U.
; ἐπιτίμησις
Phld. Ir. p.72
W. : impers., ἐπιτείνεται increase arises,
Arist. Cael. 289a3
.
d. intr.,increase,of fevers, Hp. Coac. 114 ; ἐπέτεινε ὁ λιμός
Plu. Cam. 28
; of motion, Arist. Ph. 238a5 .
e. intr.,rise,of price, PTeb. 8.17
(iii B.C.).
3. urge on, incite,
τινὰ ποιεῖν τι
X. Eq.Mag. 1.13
;τινὰ ἵνα.. PFay. 112.5
(i A.D.);ἐ. ἑαυτόν exerthimself, Plu. Alex. 40 .
4. expedite,
τὰ πράγματα
PTeb. 19.6
(ii B.C.).
II.
Pass. ,suffer more intensely,
τῷ πυρετῷ
Hp. Epid. 5.50
; simply,to be tormented, racked,
ὑπὸ νόσων
Pl. Phd. 86c
: then generally,to be tortured,
ζηλοτυπῶν
Luc. DMeretr. 9.4
.
2. to be on the stretch, screwed up to the uttermost, αἱ τιμαὶ ἐπετέταντοpriceswere 'screwed up',
D. 56.24 , cf. Men.Eph. ap. J. AJ 9.14.2 ; πολλαπλασίως ταῖς εὐνοίαις ἐπιταθέντες
Plb. 18.16.3
.
3.
ἐ. τινί to be passionately devoted to,
Parth. 23.1
; also of things, ἐ. [βιβλίοις]
Luc. Ind. 27
; εἴς τι
D.S. 1.37
.
4. hold out, last, endure, ἐπιταθῆναι πλείω χρόνον,of men, X. Lac. 2.5 , cf. Thphr. HP 7.10.3 .
