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