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dis-pando or dispendo , no
I.perf., sum; also, in colloq. lang., dispenno , dispessus (in Plaut., v. the foll.), v. a., to stretch out, spread out, to extend, expand (very rare).
I. Prop.: “dispennite hominem divorsum et distennite,” Plaut. Mil. 5, 14: “dispessis manibus,” id. ib. 2, 4, 7 (also ap. Gell. 15, 15, 4); and: “dispessis membris (Tityos),” Lucr. 3, 988, v. Lachm. ad h. l. p. 201: “dispansae vestes in sole,” Lucr. 1, 306; so, “arbor vastis dispansa ramis,” Plin. 9, 4, 3, § 8; Suet. Dom. 19: “neu distracta (natura) suum late dispandat hiatum,” Lucr. 6, 599.—*
II. Trop., of speech, to spread out, amplify, L. Verus ap. Fronto Ep. ad Ver. 3.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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