reach (subs.) Copy link Outline I. A space2. spătiumII. Capacity, or scope of mind or body, captus, ūsIII. The r. of a weapon1. jactus, ūs2. ictus, ūs • reach (subs.): I. A space: perh. tractus, ūs: cf. flammarum tractus, Virg. G. 1, 367: the water foams over a long r., longo t. aestuat unda, Lucan 5, 565: or, 2. spătium: v. space. II. Capacity, or scope of mind or body, captus, ūs: v. capacity. III. The r. of a weapon: 1. jactus, ūs: within r., intra j. teli, Virg. Aen. 11, 688: out of r. of shot, extra teli j., Curt. 3, 10, 1. 2. ictus, ūs: placed within our r., ictu nostro positum, Sen. Ben. 2, 29, 4: also, sub ictu, id. Ep. 72, 12: out of r., extra ictum, ib. 7, 7. Phr.: within r. of the spear, contiguum hastae (poet.), Virg. Aen. 10, 457: within your own r., penes te, Ulp. Dig. 50, 16, 63: beyond r. of, extra--of blame, extra culpam, Cic. Verr. 5, 51, 134; of fortune, extra fortunam, Mart. 5, 43: of comprehension and appreciation, extra intellectum atque aestimationem, Sen. Ben. 1, 3: the enemy were within r. of shot, non longius aberant, quam quo telum adjici posset, Caes. B. G. 2, 21: out of r. of danger (by extreme closeness), interior periculo vulneris, Liv. 7, 10: interiores ictibus tormentorum, id. 24, 34.