# τείνω
## Ancient Greek
### Alternative forms

* τιταίνω (titaínō) — Epic

### Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *téňňō, from Proto-Indo-European *tén-ye-ti, the innovative ye-present of *ten- (“stretch”) (The present tense system includes a *y progressive aspect marker). Cognates include Sanskrit तनोति (tanóti, “to extend, spread”), Latin tendō, and Old English þennan.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /těː.nɔː/ → /ˈti.no/ → /ˈti.no/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /těː.nɔː/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /ˈti.no/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /ˈti.no/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /ˈti.no/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /ˈti.no/

### Verb

τείνω • (teínō)
* to stretch, extend
* to spread
* to exert, push to the limit, strain

#### Derived terms

* ἀνατείνω (anateínō)
* ἀντιτείνω (antiteínō)
* ἀποτείνω (apoteínō)
* διατείνω (diateínō)
* ἐκτείνω (ekteínō)
* ἐντείνω (enteínō)
* ἐπιτείνω (epiteínō)
* κατατείνω (katateínō)
* παρατείνω (parateínō)
* περιτείνω (periteínō)
* προτείνω (proteínō)
* συντείνω (sunteínō)
* σχοινοτενής (skhoinotenḗs)
* τάσις (tásis)
* ὑπερτείνω (huperteínō)
* ὑποτείνω (hupoteínō)

#### Related terms

* τανύω (tanúō)
* τόνος (tónos)

### References

* “τείνω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “τείνω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
* “τείνω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
* τείνω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
* τείνω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
* “τείνω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter

## Greek
### Etymology

Learnedly, from Ancient Greek τείνω (teínō). Stems with vowel gradation τεν-, τα-, τον-

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈti.no/
* Hyphenation: τεί‧νω
* Homophone: Τήνο (Tíno)

### Verb

τείνω • (teíno) (imperfect έτεινα, past έτεινα, passive τείνομαι) passive past: τάθηκα
* (transitive) to stretch (string, etc)
* (intransitive) to stretch, extend, hold out (hand, etc)
* (mathematics) to approach, tend towards
    Όταν το x τείνει προς το 0, τότε το 1/x τείνει προς το άπειρο.Ótan to x teínei pros to 0, tóte to 1/x teínei pros to ápeiro.As x approaches 0, 1/x tends to infinity.
* (followed by να (na)) tend to
    Τείνω να τον πιστέψω. ― Teíno na ton pistépso. ― I tend to believe him.
* (followed by να (na)) intend to, aim to

#### Related terms

* ανατείνω (anateíno, “raise, stretch”)
* αντιπροτείνω (antiproteíno, “propose in turn”)
* αντιτείνω (antiteíno, “object, contravene”)
* αποτείνω (apoteíno, “address, direct at”)
* διατείνομαι (diateínomai, “claim, maintain”)
* εκτείνω (ekteíno, “stretch”)
* εντείνω (enteíno, “increase, strengthen”)
* επεκτείνω (epekteíno, “extend”)
* επιτείνω (epiteíno, “increase”)
* κατατείνω (katateíno, “tend”)
* παρατείνω (parateíno, “extend”)
* προεκτείνω (proekteíno, “stretch”)
* προεντείνω (proenteíno) (technology)
* προτείνω (proteíno, “propose”)
* συντείνω (synteíno, “contribute”)
* τάση f (tási, “tendency, trend”) & compounds, derivatives
* τένοντας m (ténontas, “tendon”) (anatomy)
* τέτανος m (tétanos, “tetanus”) (disease)
* τόνος m (tónos, “tone, stress”)
* υποτείνουσα f (ypoteínousa, “hypotenuse”) (geometry)