expand Copy link Outline A. Trans.1. pando, expando, 32. laxo, 1 (by increasing the spaces between)3. extendo, 34. dīlāto, 1 (to make broader; spread over a wider space)B. Intrans. • expand: A. Trans.: 1. pando, expando, 3: v. to spread. 2. laxo, 1 (by increasing the spaces between): the lily e.s itself, lilium se l., Plin.: to e. the companies, l. manipulos, Caes. 3. extendo, 3: v. to stretch out. 4. dīlāto, 1 (to make broader; spread over a wider space): to e. his line (of a general), aciem d., Liv. 31, 21, med.: esp. of expansion in language, Cic.: v. to amplify. See also inf. B. Intrans.: expr. by preced. verbs and pron. refl., or in pass.: (the Propontis) where the sea begins to e., ubi dilatat se mare, Plin. 5, 32, 40; also in latitudinem pandi, id. 6, 13, 15: the (bud of the) rose gradually opens and e.s, rosa paullatim dehiscit ac sese pandit, Plin.: v. to spread, open.
EXPAND Copy link • EXPANDpandere (e.g., vela, retia: pennas ad solem, Verg.): extendere (to stretch out; e.g., digitos): explicare (to unfold). INTRANS.) dispandi (very rare; PROP.; e.g., arbor vastis ramis, Plin.): se aperire (general term; to discover itself): corroborari et coi firmari (to be strengthened; of the intellect; ingenium). Of flowers, se aperire or pandere; florem expandere.