ἐκτεν-ής, ές,
strained: hence of persons, warmly attached, friendly, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 21.22.4 (_superlative_),compare 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 34.2.39, 5th-4th c.BC: Socratis et Socraticorum Epistulae cited in 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 4.31.130 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; assiduous, περί τινα [[ “Supp.epigram” 2.277.5 (Delph., 2nd c.BC)] Refs 2nd c.BC+]: comparative - έστερος τῇ προθυμίᾳ [[ “IGRom.” 4.293a ii 38 (Pergam., 2nd c.BC)] Refs 2nd c.BC+]: superlative - εστάτη προθυμία [[ 3rd c.BC: Chrysippus Stoicus 2.293, compare “Vita Philonidis Epicurei” p.9C.; πρόνοια “UPZ” 110.46 (2nd c.BC). ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__2 extended, [[ 5th-6th c.AD: Damascius Philosophus “de Principiis” 64 ] Refs 5th c.AD+]; capable of extension, ἐ. ἐστι τὸ μεταδίδον τῶν ἑαυτοῦ καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις [[ 5th c.AD: Hermias Alexandrinus Philosophus “in Platonis Phaedrum scholia” p.121A. ] Refs 5th c.AD+]
__3 abundant, γάλα [[ 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.94. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II adverb -νῶς (Elean ἐκτενέωρ [[ “GDI” 1172.12; Cretan dialect ἐκτενίως [prev. work]5138.13;] Refs] Ionic dialect -έως Ps.-[[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus “Vitae Homeri” 7)] Refs 5th c.BC+] earnestly, zealously, ἀγαπᾶσθαι Machoap.[[ 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 13.579e; ποιεῖν τι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Magna Moralia” 1210a27; συναγωνίζεσθαι “IG” 22.945, compare “SIG” 538.17 (Delph., 3rd c.BC)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; εὐχὴ ἐ. γινομένη [[ NT.Act.12.5 ] NT]: comparative -έστερον [[ 1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Epistulae ad Atticum” 13.9.1 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]: superlative -έστατα [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 29.4. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]