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[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.365, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]: future τενῶ [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 1205, (ἀπο-) 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 458b, (ἐκ-) 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 585 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἔτεινα [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.124 ] Refs 8th c.BC+], Epic dialect τεῖνα [[ 3.261 ] Refs]: perfect τέτᾰκα [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 19.12, etc., (ἀπο-) 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 465e:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —middle, future τενοῦμαι (παρα-) [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.46, (προ-) 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 14.5: ] Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist ἐτεινάμην, Epic dialect τειν-, [[ 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 2.1043, 4.705, (προ-) 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.34, (δι-) 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.46, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 78b:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, future τᾰθήσομαι (παρα-) [[ [prev. author] “Ly.” 204c: ] Refs]aorist ἐτάθην [ᾰ] [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 124 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+], etc., Epic dialect τάθην [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.375 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: perfect τέτᾰμαι [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 549, etc.: ] Refs 8th c.BC+]pluperfect 3rd.pers. singular and plural τέτατο, τέταντο, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.11, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.544; _3rd.pers._ _dual_ τετάσθην [prev. work] 536 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]:—stretch by force, pull tight, κυκλοτερὲς μέγα τόξον ἔτεινε [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.124; ἐπ᾽ Ἀλεξάνδρῳ τείνοντα πάλαι τόξον 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 364 (_anapaest meter_)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐξ ἄντυγος ἡνία τείνας having tied the reins tight to the chariot-rail, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.262 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ναὸς πόδα τείνας keeping the sheet taut, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 716; κάλων τείνας οὔριον εὐφροσυνᾶν “IG” 14.793; οἱ ἀπείρως κατ᾽ εὐθὺ τείνοντες 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.73 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῷ ψιμύθῳ.. παρειήν make it (look) full, [[ Anthologia Graeca 11.374 (1st c.AD(?): Macedonius Epigrammaticus):] Refs 1st c.AD+] —middle, τείνατο τόξα stretched his bow, [[ 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 2.1043, compare 5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Argonautica” 589 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; of tendons, etc., [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 18(2).58, +others:] Refs 2nd c.AD+] —passive, [ἱμὰς] ὑπ᾽ ἀνθερεῶνος.. τέτατο [the strap] was made tight, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.372; τελαμῶνε περὶ στήθεσσι τετάσθην 14.404 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; τέταθ᾽ ἱστία were stretched taut, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.11. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
Close Browse lexicon entries __2 metaphorically, stretch or strain, ἶσον τείνειεν πολέμου τέλος strain the issue of war even, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.101 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]:—passive, τῶν ἐπὶ ἶσα μάχη τέτατο πτόλεμός τε [[ 12.436, 15.413, compare 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 638 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; τέτατο κρατερὴ ὑσμίνη the fight was strained, was intense, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.543 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἵπποισι τάθη δρόμος their pace was strained to the utmost, [[ 23.375 ] Refs]; τοῖσι δ᾽ ἀπὸ νύσσης τέτατο δρόμος they set off at full speed from the starting-line,[[ [prev. work] 758, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.121: τ. αὐδάν] Refs 8th c.BC+] strain the voice, raise it high, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 574 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive also, exert oneself, be anxious, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 1.49; ἀμφ᾽ ἀρεταῖς [prev. author] “P.” 11.54. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 stretch out, spread, ὅτε τε Ζεὺς λαίλαπα τείνῃ [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.365 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ νὺξ τέταται βροτοῖσι night is spread over them, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.19; ἀὴρ τέταται μακάρων ἐπὶ ἔργοις 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 549 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of light, αἴγλαν ἃ τέταται [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 831 (Lyric poetry), compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 616b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of sound, ἀμφὶ νῶτ᾽ ἐτάθη πάταγος [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 124 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δίκτυα τ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 6.9; ψυχὴν διὰ παντός 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 34b. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3.b Grammars, lengthen a syllable, [[ 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Pronominibus;” 55.1:] Refs 2nd c.AD+] —passive [[, [prev. work] 27.25, compare 11.1 near the end ] Refs]
__4 aim at, direct towards a point, properly from the bow, ἐπὶ Τροίᾳ τ. τὰ θεῶν ἀμάχητα βέλη [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 198 (_anapaest meter_): _metaphorically_, ἔς τινα τ. φόνον] Refs 5th c.BC+] aim, design death to one, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 263 (but τ. φόνον] Refs 5th c.BC+] prolong murder, [[ [prev. author] “Supp.” 672)] Refs]; τ. λόγον εἴς τινα [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 63a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, ἐς σὲ τ. γλῶσσα [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 875; ἡ ἅμιλλα τέταται πρὸς τοῦτο 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 271a, compare “Lg.” 770d, “R.” 581b. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II stretch out in length, lay, ζυγὰ ἐπιπολῆς τ. [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.96 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, lie out at length, lie stretched, ἐπὶ γαίῃ κεῖτο ταθείς [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.655; ἐν κονίῃσι τετάσθην, τέταντο, 4.536, 544 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ταθεὶς ἐνὶ δεσμῷ hanging stretched in chains, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.200 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; [φάσγανον] ὑπὸ λαπάρην τέτατο hung along or by his side, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.307 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; διὰ.. αἰθέρος.. τέταται extends, [[ 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 135, compare 100.2; τῶν ἐκ τῆς χώρας λεωφόρων εἰς τὴν πόλιν τεταμένων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 763c; φλὲψ.. διὰ τοῦ κοίλου τείνεται 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 513b3: τεταμένος] Refs 5th c.BC+] sometimes becomes a mere adjective, long, αὐχένα.. τεταμένον τῇ φύσει, of birds, [[ [prev. author] “PA” 692b20 ] Refs]; in Grammars, of a long vowel, [[ “PBouriant” 8 i 1, 14. ] Refs]
__II.2 stretch or hold out, present, τινὰ ἐπὶ σφαγάν [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1494 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀσπίδα, δόρυ, [[“Anthologia Graeca” 7.147 (1st c.BC: Archias), 720 (4th c.BC: Chaeremon Tragicus)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὴν χεῖρά τινι or ἐπί τι, [[ 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.107, 1049:] Refs 3rd c.BC+] —middle, τείνεσθαι χέρε, γυῖα, δειρήν, one's hands, etc., [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 21.48, 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 1.1009, 4.127, etc.; συὸς τέκος [prev. author] 4.705; ἑανούς [prev. work] 1155. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__II.3 extend, lengthen, of Time, τὸν μακρὸν τ. βίον [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 537 (Lyric poetry), compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 670; αἰῶνα [prev. author] “Ion” 625; τόνδ᾽ ἐτεινάτην λόγον 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 510; μακροὺς τ. λόγους 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1177 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τί μάτην τείνουσι βοή; (where others interpretation it like{τ. αὐδάν}, see[[ above 1.2) [prev. author] “Med.” 201 (_anapaest meter_); πολλὰ μὲν τάλαινα πολλὰ δ᾽ αὖ σοφὴ.. μακρὰν ἔτεινας 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1296, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1040. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B intransitive, of geographical position, stretch out or extend, παρ᾽ ἣν (i.e. λίμνην) τὸ.. ὄρος τείνει [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.6 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ πρὸς Λιβύης.. ὄρος ἄλλο τείνει[[ [prev. work] 8; τ. μέχρι.. [prev. author] 4.38; ἐς.. [prev. author] 7.113; ἐπὶ.. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Agesilaus” 2.17 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a dress, ὑπὸ σφυροῖσι τ. [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 936 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a mountain, ὑψόθι τ. [[ 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 2.354: of Time, ἡμερολεγδὸν τείνοντα χρόνον] Refs 3rd c.BC+] dragging out time, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 64 (_anapaest meter_)] Refs 4th c.BC+]:—rarely so in passive, ὄρος τεταμένον τὸν αὐτὸν τρόπον [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.8. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.II exert oneself, struggle, ἐναντία τισί [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 492d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; press on, hasten, οἱ δ᾽ ἔτεινον ἐς πύλας [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 720; δηλοῖ τοὖργον, οἷ τ. χρεών [prev. author] “Or.” 1129; τὸ μὴ τείνειν ἄγαν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 711; τ. ὥς τινα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 1205; ἔτεινον ἄνω πρὸς τὸ ὄρος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.3.21; εὐθὺ Βαβυλῶνος 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nec.” 6; τὴν ἐπὶ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ [prev. author] “Icar.” 22. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.III extend to, reach, ἐπὶ τὴν ψυχήν [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 186c; ἐπὶ πᾶν [prev. author] “Smp.” 186b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the veins stretching from one point to another, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 492a20, 513a2, +others, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 65c, 5th c.BC: Diogenes Apolloniates Philosophus 6. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.III.2 tend, refer, belong to, τείνει ἐς σέ it refers to, concerns you, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.109, compare 7.135, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 435, “Hipp.” 797, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ποῖ τείνει καὶ εἰς τ; to what does it tend? [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Crito” 47c, compare “Tht.” 163a, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 10.54; μηδαμόσε ἄλλοσε 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 499a; πρός τι [prev. author] “Smp.” 188d, “Prt.” 345b; ἐς ταὐτόν [prev. author] “Cra.” 439c. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.III.3 τείνειν πρός τινα or τι, come near to, to be like, [[ [prev. author] “Tht.” 169b, “Cra.” 402c; ἐγγύς τι τείνειν τοῦ τεθνάναι [prev. author] “Phd.” 65a, compare “R.” 548d. (Cf. τανύω] Refs], Sanskrit tanóti 'stretch', Latin tendo, etc.)
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