Scaife ATLAS

ὑπερτείνω fut. -τενῶ trans. to stretch or lay over, Hdt.: to hold out over to, τί τινι Eur.; ὑπ. σκιὰν σειρίου κυνός to stretch over [the house] a shade from the sun, Aesch.; ὑπ. χεῖρά τινος to stretch the hand over one for protection, Eur.; ὑπ. πόδα ἀκτῆς to stretch oneʼs foot over the beach, i. e. pass over it, Eur. to strain to the uttermost, Plut. intr. to stretch or jut out over, Thuc.:—also c. acc., ὑπ. τὸ κέρας to outflank the enemyʼs wing, Xen. metaph. to exceed the measure or number of, c. gen., Dem.;— c. acc. to exceed, τὴν ἀνθρωπίνην φύσιν Arist.

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to stretch

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Headword:

ὑπερτείνω

Headword (normalized):

ὑπερτείνω

Headword (normalized/stripped):

υπερτεινω

IDX:

33835

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n33874

Key:

u(pertei/nw

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