(v. a.P. a.adv.) : ex-tendo, di, tum (also extensum, Cic. Ac. 2, 47, 145; Ov. A. A. 3, 302; Stat. Th. 6, 902 al.; cf. the forms extensio, extensor, etc.), 3, v. a.
* To stretch out, spread outextend (class.).
* Lit.: (vincla escaria) quam magis extendas, tanto astringunt artius,Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 19: idem Crassus, Per tuas statuas cum dixit et extento bracchio paululum etiam de gestu addidit, vehementius risimus, Cic. de Or. 2, 59, 242; for which: (Zeno) cum extensis digitis adversam manum ostenderet,id. Ac. 2, 47, 145: manum,Quint. 11, 3, 119; cf. Cels. 7, 23 fin.: cervicem,Vell. 2, 70, 2: crura ad longitudinem, Plin. 10, 64, 84, § 183: cutem,to stretch out, smooth out,id. 32, 6, 21, § 65: chartam malleo,id. 13, 12, 26, § 82: lineam,id. 9, 59, 85, § 182: capita tignorum,Caes. B. C. 2, 9, 1: cornua aciei,Curt. 4, 13 fin.; cf.: agmen ad mare,id. 3, 9 fin.: majores pennas nido,Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 21: extendit pectitque comas,Juv. 6, 496: labellum, to stretch as in pouting, id. 14, 325: gladios,to forge,id. 15, 168.—Mid.: jussit et extendi campos, subsidere valles,to extend themselves, spread out,Ov. M. 1, 43: ignis extenditur per campos,spreads,Verg. A. 10, 407; and: cum ad summum palum vitis extenta est,Col. 4, 20, 3: fusus humi totoque ingens extenditur antro,stretches himself out,Verg. A. 6, 423.—Prov.: ire per extentum funem, to walk on a tight rope, i. e. to perform a very difficult feat, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 210 (Gr. ἐπὶ σχοινίου περιπατεῖν).
* Trop., to extend, increase, enlarge, lengthen, spread.
* In gen.: epistolam,Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 20: agros (populus Rom. victor),to extend,Hor. A. P. 208: verba (opp. corripere),Quint. 10, 1, 29: perculit et multa moribundum extendit arenā,stretched out, extended,Verg. A. 5, 374; 9, 589: tam immodice epistulam extendi, ut, etc.,Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 16; 3, 5, 20; 5, 15, 7: famam factis,Verg. A. 10, 468; cf.: nomen in ultimas oras,Hor. C. 3, 3, 45: cupiditatem gloriae,Liv. 28, 43, 5: spem in Africam quoque,id. 24, 48, 1: artem suam per hanc successionem,Petr. 140: pretia usque eo extendens, ut, etc.,Suet. Calig. 38: extentis itineribus,by forced marches,Liv. 30, 19, 1: cursus,to proceed,Verg. A. 12, 909: partitionem ultra tres propositiones,Quint. 4, 5, 3: voluntatem suam ad ulteriores,Dig. 32, 1, 33: officium suum ad lapidum venditionem,ib. 20, 4, 21: cum se magnis itineribus extenderet,i. e. was exerting himself,Caes. B. C. 3, 77 fin.: se supra vires,Liv. 34, 4, 15: magis ille extenditur,is excited,Juv. 11, 169.
* In partic., of time, to extend, prolong, continue; to spend, pass: ab hora tertia cum ad noctem pugnam extendissent,Liv. 27, 2, 6: comissationes ad mediam noctem,Suet. Tit. 7: labores in horam quintam,Mart. 4, 8, 3: luctus suos,Val. Max. 1, 1, 15: curas venientem in annum,extends his thoughts to the coming year,Verg. G. 2, 405: tempus epularum,Plin. Pan. 49, 5; consulatum,id. ib. 61, 6; extento aevo vivere,Hor. C. 2, 2, 5; Sil. 3, 95: suam aetatem,Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 26: se ad centesimum annum, i. e. vitam,Val. Max. 5, 2 ext. 4.— Hence
* Extentus, a, um, P. a., extended, extensive, wide: mare, fontes extentaque longe flumina,Lucr. 1, 230 Lachm. N. cr. (al. externa): stagna latius Lucrino lacu,Hor. C. 2, 15, 3: oculi,wide open,Quint. 11, 3, 76: sonus (lusciniae),drawn out, prolonged,Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 82.—Sup.: castra inter confragosa omnia praeruptaque quam extentissima potest valle locat,Liv. 21, 32, 9 Drak. N. cr.: spatia,Sol. 52.—Adv.: ex-tente, widely; only comp.: quadratus eminet stilus extentius,Amm. 23, 4, 2 (dub.): porrecto extentius brachio,id. 18, 6, 13.
* Extense, adv., at length, extensively (post-class.): dominus extensius ista disponit,Tert. Idol. 2.

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