ἐντείνω

1. to stretch or strain tight Pass., δίφρος ἱμᾶσιν ἐντέταται is hung on tight-stretched straps , (Iliad by Homer); γέφυραι ἐντεταμέναι a bridge with the mooring-cables made taught , (Herdotus Historicus); ἐντεταμένου τοῦ σώματος being braced up , (Plato Philosophus)

2. to stretch a bow tight , i. e. string it for shooting (compare ἐντανύω); (Euripides); so in Mid. to string one's bow, (Euripides):—;Pass., τόξα ἐντεταμένα bows ready strung , (Herdotus Historicus)

3. ἐντείνειν ναῦν ποδί to keep a ship's sail taught by the sheet, (Euripides)

4. to tie tight , (Euripides)

5. metaphorically to strain, exert :—;so in Mid., φωνὴν ἐντεινάμενος (Aeschines Orator); ἐντεινάμενοι τὴν ἁρμονίαν pitching the tune high , (Aristophanes Comicus):—;and in Pass., ἐντεινόμενος, on the stretch, eager , (Xenophon Historicus)

6. to carry on vigorously , (Plutarch)

7. so intransitive in Act. to exert oneself, be vehement , (Euripides)

8. to stretch out at or against , πληγὴν ἐντείνειν τινί, Lat. plagam intendere, to lay a blow on him, (Xenophon Historicus)

9. to put into verse , (Plato Philosophus) (ML)