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παρεκ-τείνω

parekteino

stretch out in line, deploy

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παρεκ-τείνω · parek-teinō — LSJ

stretch out in line, deploy, into line, stretch out beside, stretch out

stretch out in line, deploy an army into line, Plb. 11.12.4, etc.; of a fleet, π. ἐπὶ μίαν ναῦν Id. 1.26.15; ὅτι πλεῖστον π. τὰς ναῦς D.S. 13.98 : generally, stretch out beside, τὸ σῶμά τινι Plu. Agis 20; stretch out, εἰς λόγους ταῦτα π. Ps.-Luc. Philopatr. 23 :—Pass., τῆς στρατοπεδείας παρὰ τὸν Ἀσωπὸν -τεταμένης Plu. Arist. 11.

II extend

intr., extend, of Place, ἐπὶ τὴν θάλασσαν LXX Ez. 47.19; τὸ δεξιὸν κέρας παρὰ τὸν Εὐφράτην -τεῖνον D.S. 14.22; αἱ κῶμαι π. ἀπὸ Πισιδίας . . ἕως Λυκίας Str. 13.4.17; of Time, Thphr. CP 1.13.9; τριταῖοι -τείνοντες, of semi-tertian fevers, Agathin. ap. Gal. 7.367; -τεινόντων τῶν ἀγώνων Phld. Mus. p.109K.

2 extend his life, survive

of a man, extend his life, survive, μέχρι τινός D.H. Is. 1.

3 to be of wider extent

in Logic, to be of wider extent, Arist. APo. 99a35.

III extend beside, be coextensive with

in Pass., c. dat., extend beside or be coextensive with, π. χείλεσι ποταμοῦ D.S. 3.10; ὅλα ὅλοις -τείνεται Stoic. 2.156 ; -τείνεσθαι τῷ χρόνῳ Diog.Bab.Stoic. 3.216; ὕλης -τεινομένης τοῖς σώμασιν Jul. Or. 4.134a.

2 measure oneself with

metaph., measure oneself with, παρεκτείνεσθαί τινι Democr. 238; μὴ -τείνου πένης ὢν πλουσίῳ LXX Pr. 23.4.

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