ἐκτέν-εια, ἡ,
zeal, assiduousness, [[ Molpis 3, “PPetr.” 3p.18 (3rd c.BC), 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “D.” 3.2, etc.] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; 'gush', 'empressement', [[ 1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Epistulae ad Atticum” 10.17.1; ἐ. καὶ φιλοτιμία “IG” 22.1343.28, cf. Hierocl.p.62A.; τὰν πᾶσαν ἐ. καὶ κακοπαθίαν παρεχόμενος “IG” 12(1).1032.10 (from Carpathos), compare “Inscription Prien.” 107.20, +others (2nd c.BC), “UPZ” 110.12 (2nd c.BC), etc.] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ἐν ἐκτενείᾳ eagerly, [[ NT.Acts.26.7, cf. LXX.Jdt.4.9 ] LXX+NT]; μετὰ πάσης ἐ.[[LXX.2Mac.14.38. ] LXX]
__II abundance, ξύλων [[ 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 7.2.4, compare 8.2.6. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__III extension, [[ 5th-6th c.AD: Damascius Philosophus “de Principiis” 65. ] Refs 5th c.AD+]