I.perf., ātum, 1, v. a. and n.
I. Act., to spread asunder, to stretch apart (very rare): “taleas super terram,” Cato R. R. 45 fin.: “tigna,” Vitr. 10, 2: “hominem in ea statua,” Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 40: divaricatis cruribus, Prud. στεφ. 5, 252; cf. “pedibus,” Amm. 22, 11.—*
II. Neutr., to be spread out: “ungulae,” Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 8.