περιτείνω

periteino

stretch all round

Appears 8 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 3
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Book IV 1
Chapter 9 535a27–536b23

536a17
Book V 1
Chapter 16 548a22–549a13

548b32
Book VIII 1
Chapter 2 589a10–592a27

591b2
Meteorology 3
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Book I 1
Chapter 4 341b1–342a33

341b19
Book II 2
Chapter 2 354b1–356b3

354b24
355b28
De Anima 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 11 422b17–424a16

423a3
Generation of Animals 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 2 752a9–754a20

752b7

Dictionary (LSJ)

περιτείνω, A. stretch all round or over, π. τούτοισι (sc. τοῖσι νομεῦσι) διφθέρας Hdt. 1.194 ; ὠμοβοέην π. Id. 4.65 ; περὶ ταῦτα (sc. τὰ ξύλα) πίλους . . π. ib.73; ἐπὶ τράπεζαν ὕδατος κύαθον Arist. Mete. 355b28 :— Pass., δέρμα περιτεταμένον tight-stretched, Hp. Prog. 2, cf. Arist. HA 548b32, al.; νοτίδος περὶ ἀέρα περιταθείσης being spread round . . , Pl. Ti. 66b, cf. Arist. Mete. 354b24; ἀσπὶς δέρματι περιτεταμένη covered with a skin, Id. Fr. 498; περιτετάσθαι τῷ κελύφει fit the pod tight, Thphr. CP 4.12.11; ἡ κοιλία περιτείνεται is distended, Arist. HA 591b2; οἱ ὄνυχες περιτεταμένοι εἰσίν become aduncate, Hp. Loc.Hom. 14.

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