ἐπιτείνω

epiteino

stretch upon

Appears 20 times across Aristotle's works.

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Politics 7
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Book IV 1
Chapter 6 1292b22–1293a34

1293a26
Book V 5
Chapter 1 1301a19–1302a15

1301b17

Chapter 8 1307b26–1309a32

1308b4
1308b4

Chapter 9 1309a33–1310a38

1309b26
1309b33
Book VI 1
Chapter 6 1320b18–1321a4

1320b30
On the Heavens 3
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Book II 3
Chapter 6 288a13–289a10

288b27
289a3

Chapter 14 296a24–298a20

297b2
De Audibilibus 2
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Chapter 1 800a1–804b39

802a7
803a22
Physiognomonics 2
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Chapter 2 806a19–807a30

806b27
807a15
Rhetoric 2
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Book I 2
Chapter 4 1359a30–1360b3

1360a25
1360a27
Nicomachean Ethics 1
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Book VI 1
Chapter 1 1138b18–34

1138b23
Generation of Animals 1
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Book V 1
Chapter 7 786b7–788b2

787b13
Physics 1
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Book VI 1
Chapter 7 237b23–238b22

238a5
Sophistical Refutations 1
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Chapter 7 169a22–169b17

169a28

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐπιτείνω, Ion. iterat. ἐπιτείνεσκον Hdt. 1.186 : pf. -τέτακα PTeb. 19.6 (ii B.C.):—Α. stretch upon or over, ξύλα ἐπὶ τὴν γέφυραν Hdt. l.c. ; ὑπὲρ [τάφρης] Id. 4.201:—Hom. only in Pass., ἐπὶ νὺξ ὀλοὴ τέταται δειλοῖσι βροτοῖσι Od. 11.19 ; ἐπὶ πτόλεμος τέτατό σφιν Il. 17.736. 2. stretch as on a frame, tighten, screw up, esp. of musical strings, ἐ. τὰς χορδάς Pl. Ly. 209b ; ὥσπερ λύραν ἐ. ἕως ἂν ἁρμόσῃ Macho 2.9:— Pass., χορδαὶ -όμεναι Arist. Pr. 920b3, cf. GA 787b13, Pl. Phd. 98c. b. of sounds, raise them to a higher pitch, ἐ. τὸν φθόγγον καὶ ὀξὺ φθέγγεσθαι Arist. Phgn. 807a15, cf. 806b27 (Pass.) ; of pitch accent, Phld. Po. 2.18 (Pass.). c. metaph., increase in intensity, augment, heighten, ἡδονάς Pl. Lg. 645d ; τὰ τιμήματα ἐ. ἢ ἀνιέναι Arist. Pol. 1308b4 ; τὰ [τῆς ψυχῆς] γυμνάσια Pl. R. 498b ; ἐ. [τὴν πολιτείαν] Arist. Pol. 1309b33, cf. 1301b17 (Pass.), Rh. 1360a25 (Pass.) ; ἐ. τὴν κρᾶσιν make it stronger, Plu. 2.677f ; heighten by contrast, τὰ φωτεινὰ καὶ λαμπρὰ τοῖς σκιεροῖς καὶ σκοτεινοῖς ἐ., of painters, ib.57c ; τῇ γλυκύτητι τοῦ νουθετοῦντος ἐ. τὸ πικρὸν..τῆς νουθεσίας ib.67b : abs., exert oneself greatly, D. 56.13, Arist. EN 1138b23 ; strain matters to an extreme, Id. Pol. 1293a26:—Pass., εἰ ἐπιτείνοιντο δυσκατάποτοι if their difficulty in swallowing increases, Archig. ap. Gal. 12.976 ; so in pf. part. Pass., intensified, ταραχή Epicur. Ep. 1p.30U. ; ἐπιτίμησις Phld. Ir.p.72 W. : impers., ἐπιτείνεται increase arises, Arist. Cael. 289a3. d. intr., increase, of fevers, Hp. Coac. 114 ; ἐπέτεινε ὁ λιμός Plu. Cam. 28 ; of motion, Arist. Ph. 238a5. e. intr., rise, of price, PTeb. 8.17 (iii B.C.). 3. urge on, incite, τινὰ ποιεῖν τι X. Eq.Mag. 1.13 ; τινὰ ἵνα.. PFay. 112.5 (i A.D.) ; ἐ. ἑαυτόν exert himself, Plu. Alex. 40. 4. expedite, τὰ πράγματα PTeb. 19.6 (ii B.C.). II. Pass., suffer more intensely, τῷ πυρετῷ Hp. Epid. 5.50 ; simply, to be tormented, racked, ὑπὸ νόσων Pl. Phd. 86c : then generally, to be tortured, ζηλοτυπῶν Luc. DMeretr. 9.4. 2. to be on the stretch, screwed up to the uttermost, αἱ τιμαὶ ἐπετέταντο prices were ‘screwed up’, D. 56.24, cf. Men.Eph. ap.J. AJ 9.14.2 ; πολλαπλασίως ταῖς εὐνοίαις ἐπιταθέντες Plb. 18.16.3. 3. ἐ. τινί to be passionately devoted to, Parth. 23.1 ; also of things, ἐ. [βιβλίοις] Luc. Ind. 27 ; εἴς τι D.S. 1.37. 4. hold out, last, endure, ἐπιταθῆναι πλείω χρόνον, of men, X. Lac. 2.5, cf. Thphr. HP 7.10.3.

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