ἀντιτείνω

antiteino

stretch, strain back

Appears 14 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Nicomachean Ethics 8
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Book I 1
Chapter 13 1102a5–1103a10

1102b18
Book IV 2
Chapter 6 1126b11–1127a12

1126b13
1126b15
Book VII 5
Chapter 2 1145b21–1146b7

1146a1
1146a4

Chapter 7 1150a9–1150b28

1150b2
1150b8
1150b13
Eudemian Ethics 3
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Book II 2
Chapter 8 1223b37–1225a33

1224a35
1224b14
Book III 1
Chapter 7 1233b16–1234b14

1233b33
Mechanica 1
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Chapter 31 858a3–12

858a8
Rhetoric 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 4 1380b35–1382a19

1381b9
Topics 1
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Book VIII 1
Chapter 1 155b3–157a17

156b25

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀντιτείνω, fut. -τενῶ Pl. R. 604a (v.l.):—Α. stretch, strain back, εἰς τοὔπισθεν τὰ σπαπτία Arist. Pr. 888a20; τὰς ἡνίας Plu. 2.13d. 2. stretch out or offer in return, νήπἰ ἀντὶ νηπίων E. Med. 891. II. intr., act or strive against, resist, ἐπιβουλίᾳ Pi. N. 4.37; τινί Hdt. 7.161, Pl. R. 547b, etc.; παντὶ λόγῳ Id. Phd. 91c; πρός τι Phdr. 256a, Arist. EN 1126b15 (πρός = with respect to): abs., Hdt. 7.219, S. Ant. 714, etc.; οὐκ ἀντέτεινον, ἀλλʼ εἶκον Hdt. 8.3; ὑπείκει καὶ οὐκ ἀ. Pl. Lg. 727d; δύο ἄνδρες ἀντιτείνοντες pulling one against the other, Hp. Fract. 15. 2. of countries and places, lie over against, τινι Plu. Them. 8.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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