(verb) : ex-pando, pandi, pansum or passum (the former, Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 228; 9, 33, 52, § 103; 31, 6, 37, § 70; the latter, Caecil. ap. Gell. 15, 15, 2; but in Tac. H. 5, 13, very dub., the more prob. reading being exapertae, v. Orell. ad h. l.), 3
* To spread out, spread apart, to expand (mostly post-Aug.; not in Cic.).
* Lit.: haec nuntiasse et flammeum expassum domi, Caecil. ap. Gell. 15, 15, 2: vestes supra fontem frigidum,Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 228: vellera circa navim,id. 31, 6, 37, § 70: alas (grues),id. 10, 38, 54, § 111: ficus in sole,Col. 12, 15, 3: herbas sub umbra,id. 12, 13, 2 et saep.—Mid.: vagus ille, cum expanditur, amnis (Nilus),Plin. Pan. 30, 4.—*
* Trop.: rerum naturam dictis,to lay open, unfold, explain,Lucr. 1, 126.

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