ἐντείνω fut. -τενῶ perf. -τέτακα pass. -τέταμαι to stretch or strain tightPass., δίφρος ἱμᾶσιν ἐντέταται is hung on tight-stretched straps, Il.; γέφυραι ἐντεταμέναι a bridge with the mooring-cables made taught, Hdt.; ἐντεταμένου τοῦ σώματος being braced up, Plat. to stretch a bow tight, i. e. string it for shooting (cf. ἐντανύω) , Eur.; so in Mid. to string oneʼs bow, Eur.:—Pass., τόξα ἐντεταμένα bows ready strung, Hdt. ἐντείνειν ναῦν ποδί to keep a shipʼs sail taught by the sheet, Eur. to tie tight, Eur. metaph. to strain, exert:—so in Mid., φωνὴν ἐντεινάμενος Aeschin.; ἐντεινάμενοι τὴν ἁρμονίαν pitching the tune high, Ar.:—and in Pass., ἐντεινόμενος, on the stretch, eager, Xen. to carry on vigorously, Plut. so intr. in Act. to exert oneself, be vehement, Eur. to stretch out at or against, πληγὴν ἐντείνειν τινί, Lat. plagam intendere, to lay a blow on him, Xen. to put into verse, Plat.