ἐντανύω
entanyo
stretch tight
Appears 13 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἐντανύω, poet. and Ion. for ἐντείνω, A. stretch tight, of the bow-string, νευρὴν ἐντανύσαι Od. 19.587, al.; also, stretch a bow tight, i.e. bend or string it, 21.306, al.; τὰ τόξα ἐντανύουσι string their bows, opp. ἐκλύουσι, 2.173, cf. 24.107:—Med., δυνήσεται ἐντανύσασθαι string the bow, Od. 21.403:— Pass., fut. inf. ἐντανύεσθαι ib.92. 2. stretch or strain tight with cords or straps, ἐντανύσας [τὸν θρόνον ἱμᾶσιν] cover it with stretched straps, 5.25. 3. ἐ. αὔλακας draw long furrows, P. 4.227.
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