ἐπεκτείνω
epekteino
stretch
Appears 17 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἐπεκτείνω, A. stretch, 1.10 (Pass.), al.; extend, [τὸ αὔταρκες] ἐπὶ τοὺς ἀπογόνους EN 1097b12:— Pass., to be extended, extend, Ph. 217b9, etc. 2. intr., extend, ἐπὶ πλέον APo. 96a24; of a people or country, μέχρι . . 8.3.11: c. dat., extend over, in Mete. 75.12. 3. Pass., extend beyond, τῆς οἰκείας ὥρας HP 6.8.4; reach out towards, τοῖς ἔμπροσθεν Ep.Phil. 3.13. 4. Tact., extend, τοὺς ἱππέας Tact. 10.20. 5. expand, ἕν νόημα Inv. 4.4. II. lengthen, prolong, λόγους 2.1147. 2. pronounce a syllable as long, Metaph. 1014b17. 3. lengthen a word, by inserting a vowel or otherwise (as πόληος for πόλεως) , ἐπεκτεταμένον, opp. ἀφῃρημένον, Po. 1457b35; also by adding a syllable, in Pass., Pron. 34.5,al. III. make more burdensome, τὰς προσόδους 17.1.15.
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