ἀποτείνω,
3rd.pers.plural perfect passive ἀποτέτανται[[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Zeux.” 4] Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—stretch out, extend, μέρος τι αὑτοῦ[[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 723b22; ἀ. ἐκεῖ τὴν διάνοιαν [prev. author] “Mem.” 452b10; τὼ πόδε 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Merc.Cond.” 13] Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, δρέπανα ἐκ τῶν ἀξόνων εἰς πλάγιον ἀποτεταμένα[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.8.10; ἡ ὄψις ἀπὸ μικροῦ ἐνόπτρου πόρρω ἀποτεινομένη 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 377b33, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 extend, prolong, of the line of an army, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.2.40 (_passive_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μακροτέρους ἀ. μισθούς extend rewards much further, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 363d] Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially of speeches, λόγον[[ [prev. author] “Grg.” 466a] Refs]; ἀ. μακροὺς λόγους to make long speeches, [[ [prev. author] “Prt.” 335c, +others; συχνὸν λόγον [prev. author] “Grg.” 465e; μακρὰν ῥῆσιν ἀ. [prev. author] “R.” 605d ] Refs]; of brazen vessels, μακρὸν ἠχεῖ καὶ ἀ. [τὴν ἠχήν] [[ [prev. author] “Prt.” 329a; φωνὴ σάλπιγγος ὀξὺν ἀ. φθόγγον 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Sulla” 7; ἱστορίας μέσρι μέσων νυκτῶν ἀ. [prev. author] 2.60a] Refs 1st c.AD+]: —passive, προοίμια ἀποτεταμένα ὡς ἐν διηγήσεως τρόπῳ[[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “Ars Rhetorica” 10.13; ἀποτεινομένου τοῦ ποτοῦ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Merc.Cond.” 18. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__3 strain, tighten:— passive, παραδείγματα ἀκριβῶς ἀποτεταμένα ταῖς γραμμαῖς severely drawn, [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Rh.Pr.” 9] Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—middle, exert oneself, ὑπέρ τινος about a thing, [[ [prev. author] “Am.” 17] Refs]; ἀποτείνεσθαι πρός τινα inveigh against.., [[ 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 5.17, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 18(1).255. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]