ἀνατείνω

ἀνατείνω, poet. [pref] ἀντ-,

A lift up, χεῖρας ἀ., in swearing, Pi.O.7.65; also in prayer, Id.I.6(5).41;

εὐξόμεθ' . . ἀνατείνοντες τὼ χεῖρ' Ar.Av. 623

; as token of assent in voting, X.An.5.6.33, etc.

2 stretch forth, so as to threaten,

τὴν μάχαιραν ἀνατεταμένος X.Cyr.4.1.3

:— [voice] Med. (with [tense] aor. 1 [voice] Pass.),

οὐδὲ Πολυδεύκεος βία χεῖρας ἀντείναιτ' ἂν ἐναντίον αὐτῷ Simon.8

; οὐδὲν ἂν ὑμῖν εἶχε ἀνατείνασθαι φοβερόν hold out any alarming threat, D.19.153: abs., threaten, Plb.5.55.1: c. dat., 4.82.8: c. [tense] fut. inf., 4.18.10.

3 hold up, offer as a prize, Pi.N.8.25 ([voice] Pass.).

4 present a document to a magistrate, BGU613.3 (ii A.D.).

5 lift up, exalt,

κῦδός τινος Pi.N.8.34

; ἀνατείνασθαι ἀρχήν strain or augment its force, Plu.Cleom.10.

6 lift up,

κάρα Pi.N.1.43

;

ἑαυτόν Ael.NA3.21

;

ἀ. τὰς ὀφρῦς

pucker,

Luc.Tim.54

.

7 of sound, strain to a high pitch, Arist.Pr.920b20 ([voice] Pass.).

8 metaph., excite,

τινά Plu.2.60c

:—[voice] Pass., Phld.Lib.p.44O.; of the soul, etc.,

ἐς ἀμέθεκτον αἰτίαν Procl.Inst.100

, cf. 23.

II spread out, expand, e.g. a line of battle,

τὰ κέρατα X.Cyr.7.1.6

, cf. ib.23; ἀετὸς ἐπὶ δόρατος ἀνατεταμένος spread eagle, ib.4;

ἀ. ἱστία πρὸς ζυγόν Pi.N.5.51

:— [voice] Pass., to be distended upwards, Ti.Locr.102a; extend,

εἰς ὕψος Plb.9.21.10

.

III hold out, persevere, esp. in abstinence from food, Sor. 1.56, Arr.Epict.2.17.9.

IV intr., reach up, stretch up,

πέδιλα ἐς γόνυ ἀνατείνοντα Hdt.7.67

.

2 extend, stretch out,

ὄρος . . ἀ. ἐς τὴν Οἴτην Hdt.7.176

, cf. 8.107, Arist.HA524b19, Epicur.Nat.11.5, Inscr.Prien.37.160, 42.69: metaph. in [voice] Pass., πρὸς ἄφρονας ταῦτ' ἀ. these things only reach or affect foolish people, Phld.Herc.1251.12.