ἀτενής
ἀτενής
a_copul, τείνω
strained tight, clinging, of ivy, Soph.: metaph.
of menʼs minds and speech, intent, earnest, Hes., Plat.; also stiff, stubborn, inexorable, Aesch., Ar.:—adv. ἀτενῶς earnestly, ἀτ. ἔχειν πρός τι Plut.