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περιτείνω

περιτείνω, to stretch all round

περιτείνω,
  • 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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