A.spread out, of a sail, E.IT1135 (lyr.); “πώγωνα” Luc.Tim.54; “χεῖρας” LXX Is.65.2; of wings, AP5.178.10 (Mel.); “τὰ ὦτα ἐξεπετάννυτο ὥσπερ σκιάδειον” Ar.Eq.1348; of a net, τὸ δὲ δίκτυον ἐκπεπέτασται Orac. ap. Hdt.1.62; στέφος ἐξεπέτασσε scattered it to the winds, Bion 1.88.
2. metaph., ἐπὶ κῶμον ἐκπετασθείς wholly given up to the revel, E.Cyc.497 (lyr.): pf. part. Pass. ἐκπεπταμένος wide open, “κοῖλα καὶ ἐ.” Hp.VM22; of gaping wounds, Id.Off. 11; “ἐ. τοῖς βλεφάροις” Ael.NA2.12.