I.v. dep. n., to wander from the course, go out of the way; to spread out, extend; to digress, expatiate (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
I. Lit.: “exspatiantur equi,” Ov. M. 2, 202; cf. id. ib. 15, 454: “exspatiata ruunt per apertos flumina campos,” id. ib. 1, 285: “ignes in auras,” Sil. 17, 95: “arbores latissima umbra exspatiantes,” Plin. 16, 30, 53, § 124: “tecta,” id. 3, 5, 9: “brachium in latus,” Quint. 11, 3, 84. —
II. Trop.: “finis non erit, si exspatiari parte in hac et indulgere voluptati velim,” enlarge on this head, Quint. 2, 17, 1: “(juvenes) ut exspatientur,” id. 2, 10, 5: “hoc exspatiandi genus,” id. 4, 3, 4.
