κατατείνω,
future - [[ τενῶ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 336 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist -έτεινα (see. below):—stretch, draw tight, [[ κατὰ δ᾽ ἡνία τεῖνεν ὀπίσσω 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.261, 311; κ. χαλινούς 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.72 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; κ. τὰ ὅπλα draw the cables taut, [[ [prev\. author] 7.36; τὰ νεῦρα εἰς τὸ ἐξόπισθεν κ. Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Timaeus” 84e ] Refs 6th c.BC+].
__2 stretch for the purpose of setting a bone, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Fract.” 15:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —also middle, [[[prev. work] 5:] Refs] —passive, μῦς κατατεταμένος [[[prev. work] 8. ] Refs]
__3 rack, torture, [[ κατατεινόμενος ὑπὸ τῆς βασάνου προσωμολόγησε 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 48.18, compare 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “fragment” 176; κατατείνειν ταῖς κολάσεσι [prev\. author] “fragment” 279 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]: metaphorically, [[ κ. τὴν ψυχήν [prev\. author] “fragment” 60; κατέτεινέ με διηγούμενος 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Declamationes” 33.25; κατατείνεσθαι ὑπὸ ποδάγρας 3rd c.BC: Phylarchus Historicus 40 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus, compare “AP” 11.128 (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus). ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__4 stretch out or draw in a straight line, κατέτεινε σχοινοτενέας ὑποδέξας διώρυχας, i.e. he marked out the ditches by drawing straight lines, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.189; δόλιχον κ. τοῦ λόγου] Refs 5th c.BC+] make a very long speech, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Prt.” 329b; μακρὸν λόγον, πολλοὺς καὶ μακροὺς ἐλέγχους, 6th c.AD: Philoponus, Joannes Philosophus “in APr.” 262.10, “in APo.” 243.19; φεύγουσι κατατείναντες τὴν κέρκον 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 629b35 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, extend throughout, [[ [prev\. author] “PA” 650a29. ] Refs]