ἐντανύω

A. stretch tight, of the bow-string, νευρὴν ἐντανύσαι Od. 19.587, al.; also, stretch a bow tight, i.e. bend or string it, 21.306, al.; τὰ τόξα ἐντανύουσι string their bows, opp. ἐκλύουσι, Hdt. 2.173, cf. Theoc. 24.107:—Med., δυνήσεται ἐντανύσασθαι string the bow, Od. 21.403:— Pass., fut. inf. ἐντανύεσθαι ib.92.

2. stretch or strain tight with cords or straps, ἐντανύσας [τὸν θρόνον ἱμᾶσιν] cover it with stretched straps, Hdt. 5.25.

3. ἐ. αὔλακας draw long furrows, Pi. P. 4.227.