A.stretched out like a measuring line: hence,
I. drawn in a straight line, διώρυχες, διέξοδοι, Hdt.1.189,199; σχοινοτενὲς ποιήσασθαι to draw a straight line, Id.7.23.
2. metaph., stretched out, prolix, “ἄσματα” Philostr.Her.19.17; “ἔννοιαι” Eust.946.8; of rhetorical κῶλα exceeding a certain length, Hermog.Inv.1.5,4.4. Adv. -τενῶς ib. 4.3.