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Strong's #1614 - ἐκτείνω
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ἐκτείνω,
I fut. - τενῶ A. Pr. 325, etc.: —
1. stretch out, χεῖρ' ἐπ' ἐκφορᾷ νεκροῦ Id. Ch. 9; τὴν χ. ὑπτίαν Ar. Ec. 782; τὰς χεῖρας ἐπί τι for something, Plb. 1.3.6; πρός τινα, in sign of friendship, Id. 2.47.2; πρὸς κέντρα κῶλον A. Pr. 325; παῖδας ἐπὶ τὴν πυρήν Hdt. 2.107; ἐκεῖσε κἀκεῖσ' ἀσπίδ' ἐ. E. Andr. 1131; εἰς ἧπαρ ξίφος Id. Ph. 1421: abs., offer food, Ath. 5.186c; τὰ γόνατ' ἐ. straighten the knees, Ar. V. 1212; ἐ. τὰ σκέλη X. An. 5.8.14; νοῦ ἄπο μυρίον ὄμμα IG 3.716; ἐ. νέκυν E. Hipp. 786; ἓν γὰρ ἐκτενεῖ σ' ἔπος will lay thee prostrate, Id. Med. 585: — Pass., to be outstretched, lie at length, of sleepers, etc., S. Ph. 858 (lyr.); ἐκταθεὶς ὥσπερ Ὀδυσσεὺς ἀφικέσθαι εἰς τὴν Ἑλλάδα X. An. 5.1.2, etc.; of countries, etc., extend, Id. Vect. 4.3, D.P. 40.
2. stretch, spread out a net, A. Ch. 991; extend the line of an army, E. Heracl. 801, Arr. Tact. 5.6; λαὸν ἐκτείνοντ' ἄνω (sc. ἑαυτόν) E. Supp. 654; στράτευμα X. HG 6.5.19: — Pass., to be unfolded, smoothed, ὡς ἂν Διὸς μέτωπον ἐκταθῇ χαρᾷ S. Fr. 902.
II spin out, prolong, πλεῦνα λόγον Hdt. 7.51; φροίμιον θεοῖς A. Ag. 829; μακρὰν ἐξέτεινας ib. 916, cf. E. Med. 1351; μῆκος λόγου A. Eu. 201; μείζονα λόγον S. Tr. 679, etc.; βίον E. Supp. 1109; τοὺς περιπάτους X. Mem. 3.13.5: — Pass., λόγος ἐκταθείς Pl. Lg. 887a; of Time, πολὺς ἐκτέταται χρόνος S. Aj. 1402 (anap.).
III put to the full stretch, ἵππον ἐ. X. Cyr. 5.4.5; ἐ. πάντα κάλων Pl. Prt. 338a; πᾶσαν προθυμίην ἐ. put forth all one's zeal, Hdt. 7.10. η'; τὸν θυμόν And. 3.31; ἅπασαν ἀγωνίαν D. 60.30: metaph. in Pass., to be on the rack, ἐκτέταμαι S. OT 153 (lyr.). lengthen a short syllable, A.D. Pron. 27.2 (Pass.), al., interpol. in D.H. 2.58. intr., draw along, LXX Jd. 20.37.
ἐκ -τείνω ,
[in LXX for H7971, H5186, etc.;]
to stretch out or forth: τ . χεῖρα (as often in LXX), Matthew 8:3; Matthew 12:13; Matthew 14:31; Matthew 26:51, Mark 1:41; Mark 3:5, Luke 5:13; Luke 6:10 John 21:18, Acts 26:1; seq. ἐπί , c. acc pers., towards, Matthew 12:49; against, Luke 22:53; εἰς ἴασιν , Acts 4:30; of anchors, to cast, Acts 27:30.†
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In a curious temple-oath of B.C. 110, Chrest. I. 110A.21, provision is made that if one of two contracting parties takes the oath, it shall fall to the other ἐκτείνειν. . . τῷ κοινω ̣̑ οἴνου κε (ράμιον) α ̄ παραχρῆμα, cf. .25. See Syll 540.128 (B.C. 175–1) ἐκτείνας τὴν λινέην κατὰ κεφαλή [ν, and somewhat differently ib. 802.28 (iii/B.C.) : also the inscr. on the wall of a sepulchral chamber Preisigke 2134.5 (time of the Antonines) σὺ μὲν τέθνηκας καὶ ἐξέτεινας τὰ σκέλη. For the force of the ἐκ see s.v. ἐκπετάννυμι.
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