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praetendo
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(verb) : prae-tendo, di, tum (
* Part. praetensus, Anthol. Lat. 3, 168, 5), 3, , to stretch forth or forward, to extend (syn. obtendo).
* Lit.: praetenta Tela,stretched forth, presented,Ov. M. 8, 341: propagines e vitibus altius praetentos, shooting forth, Fab. Pict. ap. Gell. 10, 15, 13: ubi visum in culice natura praetendit? set out, stationed (i. e. extendit, et posuit in anteriore oris parte), Plin. 11, 1, 2, § 2.
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* To spread, draw, hold, or place a thing before another: segeti praetendere saepem,Verg. G. 1, 270: vestem tumidis praetendit ocellis,holds before,Ov. Am. 3, 6, 79: ramum praetendit olivae,holds out,Verg. A. 8, 116: fumosque manu praetende sequaces,id. G. 4, 230: decreto sermonem,to prefix,Liv. 3, 47: quicquid castrorum Armeniis praetenditur,Tac. H. 2, 6: ut adnexa classis et pugnae parata conversā et minaci fronte praetenderetur,id. ib. 2, 14.
* Of places: praetendi, to stretch out before or in front of, to lie over against or opposite to (poet. and post - Aug.; once in Liv.): praetentaque Syrtibus arva,Verg. A. 6, 60: tenue litus praetentum,Liv. 10, 2, 5: Armeniae praetentus Iber,Val. Fl. 5, 167: gens nostris provinciis late praetenta,Tac. A. 2, 56: Baeticae latere septentrionali praetenditur Lusitania,Plin. 3, 1, 2, § 6: a tergo praetendantur Aethiopes, id. 5, 9, 9, § 48; 6, 27, 31, § 134: Dardanis laevo Triballi praetenduntur,id. 4, 1, 1, § 3: extremis legio praetenta Britannis, i. e. opposita custodiae causa,Claud. B. Get. 416.
* To hold out or bring forward as an excuse, to allege, pretend, simulate (syn.: causor, praetexo): hominis doctissimi nomen tuis immanibus et barbaris moribus (soles) praetendere,to allege in excuse for,Cic. Vatin. 6, 14: praetendens culpae splendida verba tuae,Ov. R. Am. 240: legem postulationi suae praetendere,Liv. 3, 45, 1: quid honestum dictu saltem seditioni praetenditur muliebri?id. 34, 3, 8: meminisse, quem titulum praetenderitis adversus Philippum,id. 37, 54, 13: decem legatorum decretum calumniae inpudentissimae,id. 39, 28, 11: vultum, et tristitiam, et dissentientem a ceteris habitum pessimis moribus praetendebant, Quint. prooem. § 15; Plin. Ep. 4, 16, 3: ignorantia praetendi non potest,Quint. 7, 1, 35: haec a se factitari praetendebat,Tac. A. 6, 18: praetendere fessam aetatem et actos labores,id. ib. 3, 59; Flor. 3, 5, 3: plebeiam facie tenus praetendens humanitatem,App. M. 10, 23, p. 250, 9.
* To put forward, hold out, allege, assert a thing: nec conjugis umquam Praetendi taedas,I never pretended to be your husband,Verg. A. 4, 338: debitum,to demand a debt, sue for payment of a debt,Dig. 2, 14, 9.
* Part. praetensus, Anthol. Lat. 3, 168, 5), 3, , to stretch forth or forward, to extend (syn. obtendo).
* Lit.: praetenta Tela,stretched forth, presented,Ov. M. 8, 341: propagines e vitibus altius praetentos, shooting forth, Fab. Pict. ap. Gell. 10, 15, 13: ubi visum in culice natura praetendit? set out, stationed (i. e. extendit, et posuit in anteriore oris parte), Plin. 11, 1, 2, § 2.
* Transf.
* Trop.
* To spread, draw, hold, or place a thing before another: segeti praetendere saepem,Verg. G. 1, 270: vestem tumidis praetendit ocellis,holds before,Ov. Am. 3, 6, 79: ramum praetendit olivae,holds out,Verg. A. 8, 116: fumosque manu praetende sequaces,id. G. 4, 230: decreto sermonem,to prefix,Liv. 3, 47: quicquid castrorum Armeniis praetenditur,Tac. H. 2, 6: ut adnexa classis et pugnae parata conversā et minaci fronte praetenderetur,id. ib. 2, 14.
* Of places: praetendi, to stretch out before or in front of, to lie over against or opposite to (poet. and post - Aug.; once in Liv.): praetentaque Syrtibus arva,Verg. A. 6, 60: tenue litus praetentum,Liv. 10, 2, 5: Armeniae praetentus Iber,Val. Fl. 5, 167: gens nostris provinciis late praetenta,Tac. A. 2, 56: Baeticae latere septentrionali praetenditur Lusitania,Plin. 3, 1, 2, § 6: a tergo praetendantur Aethiopes, id. 5, 9, 9, § 48; 6, 27, 31, § 134: Dardanis laevo Triballi praetenduntur,id. 4, 1, 1, § 3: extremis legio praetenta Britannis, i. e. opposita custodiae causa,Claud. B. Get. 416.
* To hold out or bring forward as an excuse, to allege, pretend, simulate (syn.: causor, praetexo): hominis doctissimi nomen tuis immanibus et barbaris moribus (soles) praetendere,to allege in excuse for,Cic. Vatin. 6, 14: praetendens culpae splendida verba tuae,Ov. R. Am. 240: legem postulationi suae praetendere,Liv. 3, 45, 1: quid honestum dictu saltem seditioni praetenditur muliebri?id. 34, 3, 8: meminisse, quem titulum praetenderitis adversus Philippum,id. 37, 54, 13: decem legatorum decretum calumniae inpudentissimae,id. 39, 28, 11: vultum, et tristitiam, et dissentientem a ceteris habitum pessimis moribus praetendebant, Quint. prooem. § 15; Plin. Ep. 4, 16, 3: ignorantia praetendi non potest,Quint. 7, 1, 35: haec a se factitari praetendebat,Tac. A. 6, 18: praetendere fessam aetatem et actos labores,id. ib. 3, 59; Flor. 3, 5, 3: plebeiam facie tenus praetendens humanitatem,App. M. 10, 23, p. 250, 9.
* To put forward, hold out, allege, assert a thing: nec conjugis umquam Praetendi taedas,I never pretended to be your husband,Verg. A. 4, 338: debitum,to demand a debt, sue for payment of a debt,Dig. 2, 14, 9.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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