παρατείνω (parateino)

παρατείνω · parateinō — LSJ

stretch out along, beside, near, extend, deploy, extend along, to be stretched at length, laid low

stretch out along, beside, or near, χεῖρες παρατεταμέναι Hp. Fract. 13 ; βραχίων παρὰ τὰς πλευρὰς παρατεταμένος Id. Art. 1 ; extend, deploy, τὴν φάλαγγα X. An. 7.3.48 ; π. ἔλυτρον Hdt. 1.185 ; παρετέτατο ἡ τάφρος X. An. 1.7.15 : —Pass., extend along (v. infr. II.1) ; to be stretched at length, laid low, Ar. Nu. 213.

2 stretch on the rack, torture, to be tortured, to be worn out, am nigh dead, will strain themselves, hold out

stretch on the rack, torture, Plu. Sanit. 2.135d : metaph., X. Cyr. 1.3.11 :—Pass., to be tortured, λιμῷ Pl. Smp. 207b ; to be worn out, c. part., παρετάθη μακρὰν ὁδὸν πορευθείς X. Mem. 3.13.6 ; παρατέταμαι λιπαρὰ κάπτων I am nigh dead with eating dainties, Ar. Fr. 506.1 ; γελῶντες . . ὀλίγου παρετάθησαν Pl. Euthd. 303b ; παραταθήσεται ὑπὸ σοῦ . . θαμὰ λέγοντος Id. Ly. 204c ; but πολιορκίᾳ παρατενεῖσθαι ἐς τοὔσχατον will strain themselves to the uttermost, hold out to the last, Th. 3.46.

3 prolong, protract

prolong, protract, τοὺς λόγους Arist. Po. 1455b2 ; μῦθον ib. 1451b38 ; ἐπὶ πλεῖον τὴν διάσκεψιν Luc. Icar. 29, cf. DMort. 14[4].2 ; τὴν ἀκρόασιν Id. Im. 13 :—Pass., Id. Am. 4, etc.; ἐνεστῶτος τοῦ παρατεινομένου A.D. Synt. 253.3.

b delay

delay, τὴν ἀπόδοσιν POxy. 237 viii 10 (ii A. D.).

4 apply

apply a figure to a straight line, Pl. Men. 87a : abs., Id. R. 527a.

5 relax

κοιλίαν π. relax the bowels, Philistio ap. Ath. 3.115e.

6 lengthen in pronunciation, prolong

lengthen in pronunciation, ὄνομα Luc. Luct. 13 ; prolong a sound, of echo, Id. Dom. 3.

II stretch, lie beside, along

intr., stretch or lie beside or along, of a wall, a line of country, etc., Hdt. 1.180 : c. acc. loci, τὰ πρὸς τὴν ἑσπέρην φέροντα ὁ Καύκασος παρατείνει ib. 203, cf. Th. 4.8 :—Pass., παρατέταται ὄρος Hdt. 2.8, cf. 4.38 ; ἡ δέ γʼ Εὔβοια. . ἡδὶ παρατέταται (with a pun on signf. I.1 in next line), Ar. Nu. 212 ; also παρατείνειν παρὰ τὰ μέρη Plb. 6.31.5 : c. dat., π. τῷ κόλπῳ Str. 8.2.2 : so metaph., ψυχὴ μικρῷ σώματι -τείνουσα Demetr.Lac. Herc. 1055.10.

2 extend, extend over

extend, ἀπὸ τοῦ ἐντέρου κάτω π. Arist. HA 529a22 ; extend over, πάντας χρόνους καὶ τόπους Aristid. 1.11 J.

3 extend, continue, live

of Time, extend, ἐνιαυτοῦ μῆκος π. J. AJ 15.7.4 ; παρατείνοντος τοῦ πότου Parth. 8.5 ; πόλεμος π. εἰς ἔτη μʹ App. Syr. 48 ; continue oneʼs life, live, ἕως . . , μέχρι . . , Plu. VOrat. 2.832f, 839e ; ἐπὶ τρεῖς γενεάς Luc. Macr. 3.

4 long will you go on

as aux. Verb, c. part., ποῖ παρατενεῖς δεδιὼς ταῦτα ; how long will you go on fearing this ? Philostr. VA 7.22, cf. 5.26.

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