τείνω

Ancient Greek

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

 

Verb

τείνω • (teínō)

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

Conjugation

Derived terms

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(key): /ˈti.no/
  • Hyphenation: τεί‧νω
  • Homophone: Τήνο (Tíno)

Verb

τείνω • (teíno) (imperfect έτεινα, past έτεινα, passive τείνομαι) passive past: τάθηκα

  1. (transitive) to stretch (string, etc)
  2. (intransitive) to stretch, extend, hold out (hand, etc)
  3. (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.
  4. (followed by να (na)) tend to
    Τείνω να τον πιστέψω. ― Teíno na ton pistépso. ― I tend to believe him.
  5. (followed by να (na)) intend to, aim to

Conjugation

Verbs -and see their derivatives-
  • 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”)
Other related words
  • 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)
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