ἐντείνω
enteinōVerbG7265
to stretch tight
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1.to stretch or strain tight Pass., *δίφρος ἱμᾶσιν ἐντέταται *is hung on tight-stretched straps, (Iliad by Homer); *γέφυραι ἐντεταμέναι *a bridge with the mooring-cables made taught, (Herdotus Historicus); *ἐντεταμένου τοῦ σώματος *being braced up, (Plato Philosophus)
2.to stretch a bow tight, i. e. string it for shooting (compare ἐντανύω); (Euripides); so in Mid. to string one's bow, (Euripides):—;Pass., *τόξα ἐντεταμένα *bows ready strung, (Herdotus Historicus)
3.*ἐντείνειν ναῦν ποδί *to keep a ship's sail taught by the sheet, (Euripides)
4.to tie tight, (Euripides)
5.metaphorically to strain, exert :—;so in Mid., *φωνὴν ἐντεινάμενος *(Aeschines Orator); *ἐντεινάμενοι τὴν ἁρμονίαν *pitching the tune high, (Aristophanes Comicus):—;and in Pass., ἐντεινόμενος, on the stretch, eager, (Xenophon Historicus)
6.to carry on vigorously, (Plutarch)
7.so intransitive in Act. to exert oneself, be vehement, (Euripides)
8.to stretch out at or against, πληγὴν ἐντείνειν τινί, Lat. plagam intendere, to lay a blow on him, (Xenophon Historicus)
9.to put into verse, (Plato Philosophus)
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