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ex-tendo , di, tum (also extensum, Cic. Ac. 2, 47, 145; Ov. A. A. 3, 302; Stat. Th. 6, 902 al.; cf. the forms extensio, extensor, etc.), 3, v. a.,
I.to stretch out, spread outextend (class.).
I. Lit.: “(vincla escaria) quam magis extendas, tanto astringunt artius,Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 19: idem Crassus, Per tuas statuas cum dixit et extento bracchio paululum etiam de gestu addidit, vehementius risimus, Cic. de Or. 2, 59, 242; “for which: (Zeno) cum extensis digitis adversam manum ostenderet,id. Ac. 2, 47, 145: “manum,Quint. 11, 3, 119; cf. Cels. 7, 23 fin.: “cervicem,Vell. 2, 70, 2: crura ad longitudinem, Plin. 10, 64, 84, § 183: “cutem,to stretch out, smooth out, id. 32, 6, 21, § 65: “chartam malleo,id. 13, 12, 26, § 82: “lineam,id. 9, 59, 85, § 182: “capita tignorum,Caes. B. C. 2, 9, 1: “cornua aciei,Curt. 4, 13 fin.; cf.: “agmen ad mare,id. 3, 9 fin.: “majores pennas nido,Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 21: “extendit pectitque comas,Juv. 6, 496: labellum, to stretch as in pouting, id. 14, 325: “gladios,to forge, id. 15, 168.—Mid.: “jussit et extendi campos, subsidere valles,to extend themselves, spread out, Ov. M. 1, 43: “ignis extenditur per campos,spreads, Verg. A. 10, 407; and: “cum ad summum palum vitis extenta est,Col. 4, 20, 3: “fusus humi totoque ingens extenditur antro,stretches himself out, Verg. A. 6, 423.—Prov.: ire per extentum funem, to walk on a tight rope, i. e. to perform a very difficult feat, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 210 (Gr. ἐπὶ σχοινίου περιπατεῖν).
II. Trop., to extend, increase, enlarge, lengthen, spread.
B. In partic., of time, to extend, prolong, continue; to spend, pass: “ab hora tertia cum ad noctem pugnam extendissent,Liv. 27, 2, 6: “comissationes ad mediam noctem,Suet. Tit. 7: “labores in horam quintam,Mart. 4, 8, 3: “luctus suos,Val. Max. 1, 1, 15: “curas venientem in annum,extends his thoughts to the coming year, Verg. G. 2, 405: “tempus epularum,Plin. Pan. 49, 5; “consulatum,id. ib. 61, 6; “extento aevo vivere,Hor. C. 2, 2, 5; Sil. 3, 95: “suam aetatem,Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 26: “se ad centesimum annum, i. e. vitam,Val. Max. 5, 2 ext. 4.— Hence,
1. extentus , a, um, P. a., extended, extensive, wide: “mare, fontes extentaque longe flumina,Lucr. 1, 230 Lachm. N. cr. (al. externa): “stagna latius Lucrino lacu,Hor. C. 2, 15, 3: “oculi,wide open, Quint. 11, 3, 76: “sonus (lusciniae),drawn out, prolonged, Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 82.—Sup.: “castra inter confragosa omnia praeruptaque quam extentissima potest valle locat,Liv. 21, 32, 9 Drak. N. cr.: “spatia,Sol. 52.—Adv.: ex-tente , widely; only comp.: “quadratus eminet stilus extentius,Amm. 23, 4, 2 (dub.): “porrecto extentius brachio,id. 18, 6, 13.—
2. extense , adv., at length, extensively (post-class.): “dominus extensius ista disponit,Tert. Idol. 2.
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