ἐκτανύω
ektanyo
to stretch out
Appears 4 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἐκτανύω,=Α. ἐκτείνω, βραχίονας 25.270:— has this form only, in the sense to stretch out (on the ground), lay low, ἐξετάνυσσʼ ἐπὶ γαίῃ Il. 17.58:—Pass., lie outstretched, ὁ δʼ ὕπτιος ἐξετανύσθη 7.271; ἐξετανύσθη ἄμπελος it spread out all ways, 38. 2. stretch tight, ἐκ δʼ ἐτάνυσσʼ ἱμάντα βοός (f.l. for ἐν δʼ) Od. 23.201 ; [δέρμα] P. 4.242. 3. extend, ἐξετάνυσσας ὁδόν Epigr.Gr. 1078.4 (Cilicia).— For OC 1562, v. ἐξανύω.—Poet. word, used by Fract. 43. [ῠ usu., but ῡ Anacreont. 35.5 (s.v.l.).]
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