pandō pandī, passus, ere
2 PAT-,
to spread out, extend, unfold, expand
: ad solem pennas, V.: pictā spectacula caudā, H.:
sinūs (i. e. vela), Iu.: panditur planities,
extends
, L.: dum se cornua latius pandunt,
open out
, L.: si panditur ultra (gremium), i. e.
is not yet full
, Iu.—
To throw open, open, lay open
: moenia urbis, V.: hederae pandunt vestigia nigrae,
disclose
, V.: rupem ferro,
split
, L.: panduntur inter ordines viae,
open
, L.— Fig.,
to spread, extend
: alia divina (bona) longe lateque se pandunt, i.
e.
extend their influence
: vela orationis.—
To open
: cuiquam ad dominationem pandere viam,
L.—Of speech,
to unfold, make known, publish, reveal, explain
: res caligine mersas, V.: oraculum, Ct.: quae nunc panduntur fatis, L.
(oracle): Pandite, Musae, Unde, etc., O.
