Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

τάνυμαι

-νυμι athematic Verb; 이상동사 Transliteration:

Principal Part: τάνυμαι

Structure: τάνυ (Stem) + μαι (Ending)

Etym.: = tanu/omai

Sense

  1. to be stretched

Examples

  • δεξάμενοι δ’ ἄρα τοί γε διαστάντεσ τανύουσι κυκλόσ’, ἄφαρ δέ τε ἰκμὰσ ἔβη, δύνει δέ τ’ ἀλοιφὴ πολλῶν ἑλκόντων, τάνυται δέ τε πᾶσα διὰ πρό· (Homer, Iliad, Book 17 39:4)

Synonyms

  1. to be stretched

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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