ἐπίτον-ος,ον,
A. on the stretch, strained, intense,
D.S. 10.17 ; of sound, Philostr. VS 1.25.7 .
II. ἐπίτονος(sc.ἱμάς),ὁ,a rope for stretchingortightening, back-stayof a mast (opp.πρότονος), ἐπ' αὐτῷ [ἱστῷ] ἐπίτονος βέβλητο, βοὸς ῥινοῖο τετευχώς
Od. 12.423
(aστίχος ἀκέφαλος).
2. ἐπίτονοι,οἱ,thegreat sinews of the shoulder and arm,
Pl. Ti. 84e , Arist. HA 515b9 (sg.) ; νεύρων ἐπίτονοι
Pl. Lg. 945c
.