ἐντείνω

ἐντείνω,

A stretch or strain tight, esp. of any operation performed with straps or cords,

1 ἐνέτεινε τὸν θρόνον [ἱμᾶσι] Hdt.5.25 (cf. ἐντανύω):—more freq. (as always in Hom.) [voice] Pass., δίφρος . . ἱμᾶσιν ἐντέταται is hung on tight-stretched straps. Il.5.728; [κυνέη] ἔντοσθεν ἱμᾶσιν ἐντέτατο στερεῶς was strongly lined inside with tight-stretched straps, 10.263; so [τὰς γεφύρας] ἐδόκεον ἐντεταμένας εὑρήσειν] expected to find the bridge with the mooring-cables taut, Hdt.9.106;

σχεδίαι ἐντετ. Id.8.117

;

κλίνη ἐντετ. Polyaen.7.14.1

;

εἰ ἡ ἔντασις τῶν ῥάβδων χρηστῶς ἐνταθείη Hp.Fract.30

;

τράχηλος ἐντετ.

with sinews taut,

Phld.Ir.p.5

W.: metaph.,

ἐντεταμένου τοῦ σώματος

being toned, tempered,

Pl.Phd.86b

, cf. 92a.

2 stretch a bow tight, bend it for shooting, A.Fr.83, cf. E.Supp.886: metaph., καιροῦ πέρα τὸ τόξον ἐ. ib.745:—[voice] Med., bend one's bow, Id.IA549 (lyr.), X.Cyr.4.1.3:—[voice] Pass., τόξα ἐντεταμένα bows ready strung, Hdt.2.173, Luc.Scyth.2: hence, com.,

κέντρον ἐντέταται

is ready for action,

Ar.V.407

.

b of the strings of the lyre,

τῆς νεάτης ἐντεταμένης Arist.Pr.921b27

.

3 ἐ. ναῦν ποδί keep a ship's sail taut by the sheet,

ναῦς ἐνταθεῖσα ποδὶ ἔβαψεν E.Or.706

.

4 ἐ. ἵππον τῷ ἀγωγεῖ hold a horse with tight rein, X. Eq.8.3.

5 tie tight,

βοῦν . . ἐ. βρόχοις E.Andr.720

.

II metaph., strain, exert,

τὰς ἀκοάς Polyaen.1.21.2

;

ἑαυτόν Plu.2.795f

:—[voice] Med.,

φωνὴν ἐντεινάμενος Aeschin.2.157

; ἐντεινάμενοι τὴν ἁρμονίαν pitching the tune high, Ar.Nu.968:—[voice] Pass., πρόθυμοι καὶ ἐντεταμένοι εἰς τὸ ἔργον braced up for action, X.Oec.21.9;

τῇ διανοία περί τι Plb.10.3.1

;

ἐνταθῆναι περί τινος PSI4.340

(iii B.C.); ἐντεινόμενος on the stretch, eager, opp. ἀνιέμενος, X.Mem.3.10.7, cf. Cyn.7.8;

μᾶλλον ἐντεινάμενος εἶπον Pl.R.536c

; πρόσωπον ἐντεταμένον a serious face, Luc.Vit. Auct.10.

2 intensify, carry on vigorously,

τὴν πολιορκίαν Plu. Luc.14

; excite,

θυμὸν ἀνόητον Plu.2.61e

, cf. 464b.

III intr. in [voice] Act., exert oneself, be vehement, E.Or.698, Fr.340.

2 intr. in [voice] Act., penem erigere, Arist.Pr.879a11:—[voice] Pass.,

εἰκόνες ἐντεταμέναι D.S.1.88

.

IV stretch out at or against, πληγὴν ἐ. τινί lay a blow on him, X.An.2.4.11, cf. Lys.Fr.75.4; without πληγήν, attack, Pl.Min. 321a;

πύξ τινι D.C.57.22

.

V place exactly in, ἐς κύκλον χωρίον τρίγωνον inscribe an area as a triangle in a circle, Pl.Men.87a ([voice] Pass.).

2 esp. put into verse,

ἐ. τοὺς Αἰσώπου λόγους Id.Phd. 60d

;

ἐ. εἰς ἐλεγεῖον Id.Hipparch.228d

;

τοὺς νόμους εἰς ἔπος Plu.Sol. 3

;

ἔπεσιν ἐ. τὴν παραίνεσιν Jul.Or.6.188b

; set to music,

ποιήματα εἰς τὰ κιθαρίσματα Pl.Prt.326b

:—[voice] Med.,

Ἰθάκην ἐνετείνατο . . Ομηρος ᾠδῇσιν Hermesian.7.29

.