ἐκτεν-ής, ές,
strained: hence of persons,
warmly attached, friendly, [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
assiduous, περί τινα [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]:
comparative - έστερος τῇ προθυμίᾳ [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]:
superlative - εστάτη προθυμία [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]
2)
extended, [
Refs 5th c.AD+];
capable of extension, ἐ. ἐστι τὸ μεταδίδον τῶν ἑαυτοῦ καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις [
Refs 5th c.AD+]
3)
abundant, γάλα [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II)
adverb -νῶς (Elean ἐκτενέωρ [
Refs]
Ionic dialect -έως Ps.-[
Refs 5th c.BC+]
earnestly, zealously, ἀγαπᾶσθαι Machoap.[
Refs 4th c.BC+]; εὐχὴ ἐ. γινομένη [
NT]:
comparative -έστερον [
Refs 1st c.BC+]:
superlative -έστατα [
Refs 1st c.BC+]
II.2) in
adverb also,
eagerly, freely, splendidly (condemned by [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]; of public duties, λαμπρῶς καὶ ἐ. τετελεκότα [
Refs]:
comparative, πολυτελῶς καὶ ἐκτενέστερον τῶν ἄλλων [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]—Not in early writers, corrupt in [
Refs 4th c.BC+]