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ὑπερδια-τείνω

uperdiateino

overstretch

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What it meant

ὑπερδια-τείνω · hyperdia-teinō — LSJ

overstretch, -strain

overstretch or -strain, τὸν στόμαχον Archig. ap. Orib. 8.1.5:—Pass., of the bladder, Gal. 8.407.

2 strain, exert oneself above measure

Pass., strain or exert oneself above measure, D. 25.1 (also v.l. in 20.143), D.Chr. 50.6, Luc. Herm. 26, etc.

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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