παρατείνω
Infl. fut. -τενῶ
Infl. aor1 -έτεινα
Infl. perf. -τέτα^κα
I. "to stretch out along or beside, to extend the line" of battle, Lat. ordines explicare, Xen.; π. τάφρον "to draw a long" trench, id=Xen.:—Pass. "to be stretched along" (v. infr. II. 1): "to be stretched at length, laid low", Ar.
2. "to stretch on the rack, torture", Xen.: —Pass. "to be half-dead, worn out", Plat.
3. Pass., παρατείνεσθαι εἰς τοὔσχατον "to strain themselves" to the uttermost, "hold out" to the last, Thuc.
4. "to prolong, protract", Arist., Luc.
5. "to apply" a figure to a right line, Plat.
6. of pronunciation, "to lengthen in pronunciation", Lat. producere, Luc.
II. intr. "to stretch along", of a wall, a tract of country, Hdt.:— so also in Pass., παρατέταται τὸ ὄρος id=Hdt., etc.
2. of Time, "to continue" one's life, Luc.