(verb) : ex -porrĭgo, rexi, rectum, 3 (contr.
* Imper. exporge, Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 53), , to stretch out, spread out, extend (ante-class. and post-Aug.).
* Lit.: equites in longitudinem, Auct. B. Afr. 78, 4: munitiones,id. 42 fin.: crura exporrigentia se,Plin. 11, 48, 108, § 216: se (polypi),id. 9, 30, 48, § 91: hinc orti montes longo se jugo exporrigunt,Mel. 1, 19, 13: sesamam in sole,Plin. 18, 10, 23, § 98: illic purpureo latus exporrecta cubili,stretched out,Prud. Hamart. 856: exporrecto labello,i. e. protruded,Pers. 3, 82: exporge frontem,i. e. unwrinkle, smooth, clear up,Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 53. —*
* Trop.: menses et annos et longam seriem,Sen. Brev. Vit. 9: secundum vires tuas exporrigens da pauperi,Vulg. Sirach, 14, 13.

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