(v. a.P. a.) : prō-tendo, di, sum and tum, 3, v. a.
* To stretch forth or out, to extend (not in Cic.; syn. porrigo).
* Lit.: hastas,Verg. A. 11, 606 Wagn.: bracchia in mare,Ov. M. 14, 191: supinas manus ad genua alicujus,Petr. 17 fin.: aciem (oculorum) in aestus pelagi,Cat. 64, 127: cervicem fortiter,Tac. A. 15, 67: cochleae bina ceu cornua protendentes contrahentesque,Plin. 9, 32, 51, § 101: protentis hastis,Tac. A. 14, 37: pedes temo protentus in octo,Verg. G. 1, 171: consanguineam protendere dextram,Sil. 1, 655: praerupta protendit juga Cithaeron,Sen. Phoen. 12.—Mid., to stretch forth or out, to extend: inter digitos medius longissime protenditur,projects,Plin. 11, 43, 99, § 244: protenditur ad Bactros usque gens Mardorum,reaches, extends,id. 6, 16, 18, § 47: anus haec in pellis periculum protenditur, is swelled out, distended with drink, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Schol. Hor. S. 1, 6, 22.—Of a river: usque ad colla cornipedum protentus,swollen,Sil. 16, 387.
* Trop., to make long, to prolong, lengthen, extend (post-class.): utramvis partem in plura verba protendere,App. Dogm. Plat. 3, p. 267 Oud.: praepositiones producere atque protendere,to prolong in pronunciation,Gell. 2, 17, 1; 6: barbare protendere,id. 4, 17, 7.—Hence, prōtentus, a, um, P. a., stretched out, lengthened, extended (post-class.): Phocis lucis in exortum protentior,extending farther,Avien. Perieg. 597: protentior vita,Sol. 30.

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