Ancient Greek

Verb

τείνω • ‎(teínō) future: τενῶ aorist: ἔτεινα perfect active: τέτακα perfect mediopassive: τέταμαι aorist passive: ἐτάθην

1. I stretch, extend
2. I spread
3. I exert, push to the limit, strain

Inflection

Derived terms

Related terms

• 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

From Ancient Greek τείνω ‎(teínō).

Verb

τείνω • ‎(teíno) ‎(simple past έτεινα)

1. (transitive) stretch (string, etc)
2. (intransitive) stretch, extend, hold out (hand, etc)
3. (mathematics) 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.

4. (followed by "να") tend to

   Τείνω να τον πιστέψω.‎

   Teíno na ton pistépso.

   I tend to believe him.

5. (followed by "να") intend to, aim to

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Related terms

• τάση f ‎(tási, “tendency, trend”)