I. A lengthening, prolonging (class.): “productio temporis,” Cic. Fin. 3, 14, 45: “verbi,” id. Top. 8, 36.—
II. A lengthening in pronunciation: “ut aut contractione brevius fieret, aut productione longius,” Cic. de Or. 3, 50, 196: “voces aut productione aut correptione mutatae,” Quint. 9, 3, 69; cf. id. 7, 9, 13.