ἐκτείνω (ekteino)

Where it lives

Against Theomnestus 1 3 · 20.13/10k
Hecuba 10 · 13.96/10k
Exodus 23 · 9.72/10k
Sophonias 1 · 8.45/10k
Osee 3 · 7.96/10k
Eumenides 4 · 7.63/10k
Electra 5 · 6.61/10k
Ion 6 · 6.56/10k
Proverbia 7 · 6.3/10k
Ezechiel 18 · 6.23/10k
Orestes 6 · 6.12/10k
Suppliants 4 · 5.69/10k

Densest 12 of 90 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ἐκτείνω · ekteinō — LSJ

stretch out, offer food, straighten, will lay, prostrate, to be outstretched, lie at length, extend

stretch out, χεῖρʼ ἐπʼ 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 κἀκεῖσʼ ἀσπίδʼ ἐ. E. Andr. 1131; εἰς ἧπαρ ξίφος Id. Ph. 1421 : abs., offer food, Ath. 5.186c; τὰ γόνατʼ 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 σʼ ἔπος will lay thee prost

2 stretch, spread out, extend the line of, to be unfolded, smoothed

stretch, spread out a net, A. Ch. 991; extend the line of an army, E. Heracl. 801, Arr. Tact. 5.6; λαὸν ἐκτείνοντʼ 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

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, put forth, to be on the rack

put to the full stretch, ἵππον ἐ. X. Cyr. 5.4.5; ἐ. πάντα κάλων Pl. Prt. 338a; πᾶσαν προθυμίην ἐ. put forth all oneʼs zeal, Hdt. 7.10.ηʹ; τὸν θυμόν And. 3.31; ἅπασαν ἀγωνίαν D. 60.30: metaph. in Pass., to be on the rack, ἐκτέταμαι S. OT 153 (lyr.).

IV lengthen

lengthen a short syllable, A.D. Pron. 27.2 (Pass.), al., interpol. in D.H. 2.58.

V draw along

intr., draw along, LXX Jd. 20.37.

In the wild

κἀκτείνασα · kakteinasa Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1227–1230
ἐξέτεινα · exeteina Aeschylus, Agamemnon 829
ἐξέτεινας · exeteinas Aeschylus, Agamemnon 916
ἔκτεινον · ekteinon Aeschylus, Eumenides 201
ἔκτεινα · ekteina Aeschylus, Eumenides 462–464
ἔκτεινα · ekteina Aeschylus, Eumenides 588

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Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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