ἐκτείνω,
future - τενῶ [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 325, etc.] Refs 4th c.BC+]:—stretch out, χεῖρ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἐκφορᾷ νεκροῦ [[ [prev. author] “Ch.” 9; τὴν χ. ὑπτίαν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 782 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰς χεῖρας ἐπί τι for something, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.3.6 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; πρός τινα, in sign of friendship, [[ [prev. author] 2.47.2; πρὸς κέντρα κῶλον 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 325; παῖδας ἐπὶ τὴν πυρήν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.107; ἐκεῖσε κἀκεῖσ᾽ ἀσπίδ᾽ ἐ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 1131; εἰς ἧπαρ ξίφος [prev. author] “Ph.” 1421 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, offer food, [[ 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 5.186c ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; τὰ γόνατ᾽ ἐ. straighten the knees, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1212; ἐ. τὰ σκέλη 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.8.14; νοῦ ἄπο μυρίον ὄμμα “IG” 3.716; ἐ. νέκυν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 786 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἓν γὰρ ἐκτενεῖ σ᾽ ἔπος will lay thee prostrate, [[ [prev. author] “Med.” 585 ] Refs]:— passive, to be outstretched, lie at length, of sleepers, etc., [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 858 (Lyric poetry); ἐκταθεὶς ὥσπερ Ὀδυσσεὺς ἀφικέσθαι εἰς τὴν Ἑλλάδα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.1.2, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of countries, etc., extend, [[ [prev. author] “Vect.” 4.3, 2nd c.AD: Dionysius Periegeta 40. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__2 stretch, spread out a net, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 991 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; extend the line of an army, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 801, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Tactica” 5.6 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; λαὸν ἐκτείνοντ᾽ ἄνω (i.e. ἑαυτόν) [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 654; στράτευμα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.5.19 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be unfolded, smoothed, ὡς ἂν Διὸς μέτωπον ἐκταθῇ χαρᾷ [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 902. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]