παρατείνω: 1 aorist παρετεινα; from Herodotus down; to extend beside, to stretch out lengthwise, to extend; to prolong: τόν λόγον, his discourse, Act_20:7 (λόγους, Aristotle, poet. 17; 5, p. 1455b, 2; μυθον, 9, 4, p. 1451b, 38).

παρατείνω parateinō 1x to extend, stretch out; to prolong, continue, Act_20:7

παρα -τείνω , [in LXX : Num_23:28 ( H8259 ni .), etc.;] to extend, pro\-long: τ . λόγον , Act_20:7 .†

παρατείνω [page 490] prolong ( Act_20:7 ) : cf. P Oxy II. 237 viii. 10 (A.D. 186) παρατείνειν τὴν ἀπόδοσιν , to postpone payment. The verb is used of distance in P Amh II. 68 .31 (late i/A.D.) ἐφ᾽ ὅσον παρατείνει νό (του ), P Strass I. 29 .9 (A.D. 289) λελονχέναι . . . [τ ]η̣̑ς γῆς [ἐ ]φ᾽ ὅσον παρατίνουσ̣ιν νότο̣ν .

παρατείνω fut. -τενῶ aor1 -έτεινα perf. -τέτα^κα "to stretch out along or beside, to extend the line" of battle, Lat. ordines explicare, Xen. ; π. τάφρον "to draw a long" trench, id=Xen. :—Pass. "to be stretched along" (v. infr. II. 1): "to be stretched at length, laid low", Ar. "to stretch on the rack, torture", Xen. : —Pass. "to be half-dead, worn out", Plat. Pass., παρατείνεσθαι εἰς τοὔσχατον "to strain themselves" to the uttermost, "hold out" to the last, Thuc. "to prolong, protract", Arist. , Luc. "to apply" a figure to a right line, Plat. of pronunciation, "to lengthen in pronunciation", Lat. producere, Luc. intr. "to stretch along", of a wall, a tract of country, Hdt. :— so also in Pass., παρατέταται τὸ ὄρος id=Hdt. , etc. of Time, "to continue" one's life, Luc.

παρα-τείνω [in LXX: Num.23:28 (שָׁקַף ni.), etc. ;] to extend, pro­long: τ. λόγον, Act.20:7.† (AS)