stretch
stretch
v. trans.
P. and V. τείνειν, ἐντείνειν.
Spread: P. and V. στορεννύναι, Ar. and V. στορνύναι.
Thy body moulded by the skilful hands of craftsmen shall lie stretched upon my couch: V. σοφῇ δὲ χειρὶ τεκτόνων δέμας τὸ σὸν εἰκασθὲν ἐν λέκτροισιν ἐκταθήσεται (Eur. Alc. 348).
Stretch out: P. and V. τείνειν, προτείνειν, ἐκτείνειν.
Offer: P. and V. ὀρέγειν.
Lengthen: P. and V. τείνειν, ἐκτείνειν, μηκύ̄νειν, P. ἀποτείνειν.
Stretch over: V. ὑ̆περτείνειν (τί τινος).
Stretch under, spread under: P. and V. ὑ̆ποστορεννύναι (Xen. also Ar.).
Stretch oneself: Ar. σκορδῐνᾶσθαι.
V. intrans. P. and V. τείνειν, P. καθήκειν, διήκειν.
Stretch alongside: P. παρατείνειν (absol.), παρήκειν (absol.), Ar. πᾰρᾰτείνεσθαι (absol.).
v. trans.
P. and V. τείνειν, ἐντείνειν.
Spread: P. and V. στορεννύναι, Ar. and V. στορνύναι.
Thy body moulded by the skilful hands of craftsmen shall lie stretched upon my couch: V. σοφῇ δὲ χειρὶ τεκτόνων δέμας τὸ σὸν εἰκασθὲν ἐν λέκτροισιν ἐκταθήσεται (Eur. Alc. 348).
Stretch out: P. and V. τείνειν, προτείνειν, ἐκτείνειν.
Offer: P. and V. ὀρέγειν.
Lengthen: P. and V. τείνειν, ἐκτείνειν, μηκύ̄νειν, P. ἀποτείνειν.
Stretch over: V. ὑ̆περτείνειν (τί τινος).
Stretch under, spread under: P. and V. ὑ̆ποστορεννύναι (Xen. also Ar.).
Stretch oneself: Ar. σκορδῐνᾶσθαι.
V. intrans. P. and V. τείνειν, P. καθήκειν, διήκειν.
Stretch alongside: P. παρατείνειν (absol.), παρήκειν (absol.), Ar. πᾰρᾰτείνεσθαι (absol.).
stretch
subs.
Length: P. and V. μῆκος, τό.
Expanse: κύκλος, ὁ ; see expanse.
Open space: P. εὐρυχωρία, ἡ.
Plain: P. and V. πεδίον, τό, V. πλάξ, ἡ.
They pass . . . over the level stretches of plain: V. χωροῦσι . . . πεδίων ὑποτάσεις (Eur. Bacch. 748).
At a stretch, by an effort: P. μετὰ πολλοῦ πόνου, V. πολλῷ πόνῳ; see under effort.
At one time: P. and V. ἅ̆μᾰ.
Continuously: Ar. and P. σῠνεχῶς.
Keep on the stretch, v. trans.: P. κατατείνειν.
subs.
Length: P. and V. μῆκος, τό.
Expanse: κύκλος, ὁ ; see expanse.
Open space: P. εὐρυχωρία, ἡ.
Plain: P. and V. πεδίον, τό, V. πλάξ, ἡ.
They pass . . . over the level stretches of plain: V. χωροῦσι . . . πεδίων ὑποτάσεις (Eur. Bacch. 748).
At a stretch, by an effort: P. μετὰ πολλοῦ πόνου, V. πολλῷ πόνῳ; see under effort.
At one time: P. and V. ἅ̆μᾰ.
Continuously: Ar. and P. σῠνεχῶς.
Keep on the stretch, v. trans.: P. κατατείνειν.
STRETCH
v. Transitively intendere (that which before was slack; e.g. chordas arcum): contendere (that which was already stretched to draw more tightly; e.g. arcum tormenta): extendere (to stretch out in length): intendere aliquid aliqua re (to stretch anything over another): producere (so as to lengthen): nimis extendere: modum excedere in aliqua re (to overstrain outdo; e.g. one’s authority). To stretch out porrigere; portendere (before one); tendere; extendere (at full length): to stretch out the arms brachia projicere (opposed to contrahere): to stretch one’s self out on the grass se abjicere in herba (☞ not in herbam; Vid: Cic. De Or. 1 7 28 Orelli).
Intransitively porrigi: pertinere: patere: diffundi: excurrere: procurrere: tendere: extendi (☞ not pertingere). [Vid: also EXTEND REACH.]
To stretch or stretch one’s self = to yawn pandiculari (= “toto corpore oscitantem extendi ” Festus).
v. Transitively intendere (that which before was slack; e.g. chordas arcum): contendere (that which was already stretched to draw more tightly; e.g. arcum tormenta): extendere (to stretch out in length): intendere aliquid aliqua re (to stretch anything over another): producere (so as to lengthen): nimis extendere: modum excedere in aliqua re (to overstrain outdo; e.g. one’s authority). To stretch out porrigere; portendere (before one); tendere; extendere (at full length): to stretch out the arms brachia projicere (opposed to contrahere): to stretch one’s self out on the grass se abjicere in herba (☞ not in herbam; Vid: Cic. De Or. 1 7 28 Orelli).
Intransitively porrigi: pertinere: patere: diffundi: excurrere: procurrere: tendere: extendi (☞ not pertingere). [Vid: also EXTEND REACH.]
To stretch or stretch one’s self = to yawn pandiculari (= “toto corpore oscitantem extendi ” Festus).
s. intentio (opposed to remissio) or by circumlocution with the verb.
stretch, stretch out or forth (v.):
A. Trans.:
I. In gen. sign.:
1. tendo, tĕtendi, tentum and tensum, 3 (in most senses): to s. a bow, t. arcum, Virg. Aen. 7, 164 (v. alsoBOW , subs., I.: TO BEND . A., I.): the south winds s. (or swell) the sails, t. vela noti, Virg. Aen. 3, 268 (v. also TO DISTEND , SWELL ): to s. out nets, t. retia, Ov. M. 4, 513: cf. t. plagas, Cic. Off. 3, 17, 68: Greece s.s out her right hand to Italy (i. e. to render assistance), Graecia t. dextram Italiae, id. Phil. 10, 4, 9. Esp. in sense of s.ing out the hands in supplication: e. g. manus ad coelum t., Caes. B. C. 2, 5: cf. brachia ad coelum t., Ov. M. 6, 279 (v. also Smith's Lat. Dict. s. v. tendo, A., I.).
2. intendo, di, tum and sum, 3: to s. or relax the sinews, nervos i. aut remittere, Plin. 26, 10, 62, § 96: to s. out the right hand towards a statue, dextram ad statuam i., Cic. Att. 16, 15, 3.
3. contendo, di, tum, 3 (stronger than preced.: to tighten what is already stretched, to strain): s. (or strain) the chains so as to gripe, c. tenacia vincla, Virg. G. 4, 412: to s. the sides with laughter, ilia risu c., Ov. A. A. 3, 285. Join: the more forcibly war-engines are s.'d, quo sunt contenta (tormenta) atque adducta vehementius, Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 57. Fig.: we must concede something, not to s. every point, remittendum est aliquid, ne omnia contendamus, id. Verr. 2, 21, 52.
4. prōdūco, xi, ctum, 3 (to elongate): to s. skins with the teeth, pelles dentibus p., Mart. 9, 74; cf. ferrum incude p., Juv. 15, 165.
5. extendo, di, tum and sum, 3 (to stretch out at full length): with the arm s.'d out, e. brachio, Cic. de Or. 2, 59, 242: cf. crura in longitudinem e., Plin. 10, 64, 84, § 183. Fig.: to s. out a letter, epistolam e., Plin. Ep. 3, 5: v. alsoTO HOLD FORTH (A., I., 3), TO EXTEND .
6. prōtendo, di, sum and tum, 3 (to stretch forth): to s. forth spears, hastas p., Virg. Aen. 11, 606: to s. forth the arms towards the sea, brachia in mare p., Ov. M. 14, 191: snails s.ing forth their horns, cochleae cornua p. (opp. contrahentes), Plin. 9, 32, 51, § 101.
7. porrĭgo, rexi, rectum, 3 (like preced.): to s. forth (or out) the limbs, membra p. (opp. contrahere), Cic. Div. 1, 53, 120: to s. forth the arms to heaven, brachia coelo p., Ov. M. 1, 767. Also, in voting, to s. forth (or hold up) the hand, p. manum, Cic. Fl. 6, 15: v. also TO HOLD FORTH (A. I., 1).
8. praetendo, di, tum, 3 (like preced.): he s.s forth an olive branch, ramum p. olivae, Virg. Aen. 8, 116: cf. cornua p., Plin. 11, 37, 45, § 126.
9. distendo, di, tum, 3 (to stretch out in opposite directions): to s. out the arms, brachia d., Ov. M. 4, 491: v. alsoTO EXTEND , DISTEND .
10. intento, 1 (to stretch out threateningly): Virginius s.s out his hands against Appius, V. in Appium manus i., Liv. 3, 47, ad fin.: cf. haec (sica) intentata nobis est, Cic. Mil. 14, 37. Phr.: to s. one on the rack, aliquem in equuleo imponere, etc. (v.RACK , subs., I.): seals s. themselves out on the shore, sternunt se litore phocae, Virg. G. 4, 432: to s. oneself out on the grass, abjicere se in herba, Cic. de Or. 1, 7, 28: v. also TO STRETCH ONESELF .
II. To exaggerate: Phr.: to s. facts, excedere actae rei modum, Plin.: to s. the truth, egredi veritatem, id.: etc. (v.TO EXAGGERATE , Phr.).
III. To stretch one's authority: v.TO TYRANNIZE .
B. Intrans.: expr. for the most part by pass. or reflect. of verbs under (A., I.):
1. porrĭgor, rectus, 3: Rhodope, s.ing to the midst of the polar region, (Rhodope) medium porrecta sub axem, Virg. G. 3, 351: v.TO EXTEND (B., I.).
2. extendo, di, tum and sum, 3 (in pass.): (fire) s.s over the plains, extenditur per campos, Virg. Aen. 10, 407: cf. id. 6, 423. Or with reflect. pron. (v.TO EXTEND , B, 2).
3. protendor, tus, 3: the nation of the Mardi s.s right up to the Bactri. protenditur ad Bactros usque gens Mardorum, Plin. 6, 16, 18, § 47.
4. tendo tĕtendi, tentum and tensum, 3 (as neutr. or with pron. refl.): Mount Taurus s.ing westward, (mons T.) ad occasum tendens, Plin. 5, 27, 27, § 97: cf. mollis qua tendit Ionia, Prop. 1, 6, 31: where the azure tract of ocean s.s out, qua se ponti piaga caerula t., Lucr. 5, 481 (482).
5. pătesco, ui, 3: the plain s.s out a little wider, paulo latior p. campus, Liv. 22, 4, ad init.: his sway s.ing more widely, latius patescente imperio, id. 32, 27, fin.: v. alsoTO EXTEND (B.), TO REACH (A.) TO SPREAD .
A. Trans.:
I. In gen. sign.:
1. tendo, tĕtendi, tentum and tensum, 3 (in most senses): to s. a bow, t. arcum, Virg. Aen. 7, 164 (v. also
2. intendo, di, tum and sum, 3: to s. or relax the sinews, nervos i. aut remittere, Plin. 26, 10, 62, § 96: to s. out the right hand towards a statue, dextram ad statuam i., Cic. Att. 16, 15, 3.
3. contendo, di, tum, 3 (stronger than preced.: to tighten what is already stretched, to strain): s. (
4. prōdūco, xi, ctum, 3 (to elongate): to s. skins with the teeth, pelles dentibus p., Mart. 9, 74; cf. ferrum incude p., Juv. 15, 165.
5. extendo, di, tum and sum, 3 (to stretch out at full length): with the arm s.'d out, e. brachio, Cic. de Or. 2, 59, 242: cf. crura in longitudinem e., Plin. 10, 64, 84, § 183. Fig.: to s. out a letter, epistolam e., Plin. Ep. 3, 5: v. also
6. prōtendo, di, sum and tum, 3 (to stretch forth): to s. forth spears, hastas p., Virg. Aen. 11, 606: to s. forth the arms towards the sea, brachia in mare p., Ov. M. 14, 191: snails s.ing forth their horns, cochleae cornua p. (opp. contrahentes), Plin. 9, 32, 51, § 101.
7. porrĭgo, rexi, rectum, 3 (like preced.): to s. forth (
8. praetendo, di, tum, 3 (like preced.): he s.s forth an olive branch, ramum p. olivae, Virg. Aen. 8, 116: cf. cornua p., Plin. 11, 37, 45, § 126.
9. distendo, di, tum, 3 (to stretch out in opposite directions): to s. out the arms, brachia d., Ov. M. 4, 491: v. also
10. intento, 1 (to stretch out threateningly): Virginius s.s out his hands against Appius, V. in Appium manus i., Liv. 3, 47, ad fin.: cf. haec (sica) intentata nobis est, Cic. Mil. 14, 37. Phr.: to s. one on the rack, aliquem in equuleo imponere, etc. (v.
II. To exaggerate: Phr.: to s. facts, excedere actae rei modum, Plin.: to s. the truth, egredi veritatem, id.: etc. (v.
III. To stretch one's authority: v.
B. Intrans.: expr. for the most part by pass. or reflect. of verbs under (A., I.):
1. porrĭgor, rectus, 3: Rhodope, s.ing to the midst of the polar region, (Rhodope) medium porrecta sub axem, Virg. G. 3, 351: v.
2. extendo, di, tum and sum, 3 (in pass.): (fire) s.s over the plains, extenditur per campos, Virg. Aen. 10, 407: cf. id. 6, 423. Or with reflect. pron. (v.
3. protendor, tus, 3: the nation of the Mardi s.s right up to the Bactri. protenditur ad Bactros usque gens Mardorum, Plin. 6, 16, 18, § 47.
4. tendo tĕtendi, tentum and tensum, 3 (as neutr. or with pron. refl.): Mount Taurus s.ing westward, (mons T.) ad occasum tendens, Plin. 5, 27, 27, § 97: cf. mollis qua tendit Ionia, Prop. 1, 6, 31: where the azure tract of ocean s.s out, qua se ponti piaga caerula t., Lucr. 5, 481 (482).
5. pătesco, ui, 3: the plain s.s out a little wider, paulo latior p. campus, Liv. 22, 4, ad init.: his sway s.ing more widely, latius patescente imperio, id. 32, 27, fin.: v. also
stretch (subs.):
I. Effort: intentio, contentio: v.EFFORT , STRAINING (subs.).
II. Extent (cf. "grassy stretches of land," Blackwood): spătium, ambĭtus (v.EXTENT , SPACE , subs.): tractus (v. REACH , subs.). Phr.: at a s.: he would extemporize a couple of hundred lines at a s., ducentos versus dictabat stans pede in uno, Hor. S. 1, 4, 10 (may also be expr. by, uno tempore, simul: v. ONCE , II.). [For to keep the mind or energies upon the s., v. TO TAX , TO TASK .]
I. Effort: intentio, contentio: v.
II. Extent (cf. "grassy stretches of land," Blackwood): spătium, ambĭtus (v.
ὀρέγω
to reach, stretch, stretch out
τείνω
to stretch
κατατείνω
to stretch
ἐντείνω
to stretch
τανύω
to stretch, strain, stretch out
stretch, free from wrinkles
τιταίνω
to stretch
ἀντεπεκτείνω
stretch in the contrary direction
ἐντανύω
to stretch
ἐπιδιατείνω
stretch
ὑπερτείνω
to stretch
to reach, stretch, stretch out
τείνω
to stretch
κατατείνω
to stretch
ἐντείνω
to stretch
τανύω
to stretch, strain, stretch out
appearing fewer than 50 times
τετανόωstretch, free from wrinkles
τιταίνω
to stretch
ἀντεπεκτείνω
stretch in the contrary direction
ἐντανύω
to stretch
ἐπιδιατείνω
stretch
ὑπερτείνω
to stretch