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pando , āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. for spando; root spa-; Sanscr. spha-, spread, grow; Gr. σπάω; cf. spatium.
I. Act., to bend, bow, curve any thing (cf.: “flecto, curvo): pandant enim posteriora,Quint. 11, 3, 122: “manus leviter pandata,id. 11, 3, 100. —
II. Neutr., to bend itself, to bend: “ulmus et fraxinus celeriter pandant,Vitr. 2, 9; 6, 11.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (5):
    • Vitruvius, On Architecture, 2.9
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 11.21
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 11, 3.100
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 11, 3.122
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 4.16
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