to stretch forth, reach out, extend, present: hastas dextris, V.: fumos manu, i.
e. fumigate, V.: praetenta Tela, presented, O.: coniugis taedas, i. e. assume to be your husband,
V.—To spread before, draw over: vestem ocellis,
holds before, O.: morti muros, i. e. skulk from death
behind walls, V.: decreto sermonem, prefix,
L.—Pass, to stretch out before, lie opposite, extend in
front: tenue praetentum litus esse, a narrow stretch of
shore, L.: praetentaque Syrtibus arva, V.—Fig.,
to hold out as an excuse, offer as a pretext, allege, pretend, simulate: hominis doctissimi nomen tuis barbaris moribus, shelter under
the name: culpae splendida verba tuae, O.: legem postulationi suae, L.: deorum numen
praetenditur sceleribus, L.: honesta nomina,
Ta.
Lewis, Charlton, T. An Elementary Latin Dictionary. New York, Cincinnati, and Chicago. American Book Company. 1890.
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