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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• stretch, stretch out or forth (v.):
  1. A. Trans.:
    1. I. In gen. sign.:
      1. 1. tendo, tĕtendi, tentum and tensum, 3 (in most senses): to s. a bow, t. arcum, Virg. Aen. 7, 164 (v. also bow, subs., I.: to bend. A., I.): the south winds s. (or swell) the sails, t. vela noti, Virg. Aen. 3, 268 (v. also to distend, swell): to s. out nets, t. retia, Ov. M. 4, 513: cf. t. plagas, Cic. Off. 3, 17, 68: Greece s.s out her right hand to Italy (i. e. to render assistance), Graecia t. dextram Italiae, id. Phil. 10, 4, 9. Esp. in sense of s.ing out the hands in supplication: e. g. manus ad coelum t., Caes. B. C. 2, 5: cf. brachia ad coelum t., Ov. M. 6, 279 (v. also Smith's Lat. Dict. s. v. tendo, A., I.).
      2. 2. intendo, di, tum and sum, 3: to s. or relax the sinews, nervos i. aut remittere, Plin. 26, 10, 62, § 96: to s. out the right hand towards a statue, dextram ad statuam i., Cic. Att. 16, 15, 3.
      3. 3. contendo, di, tum, 3 (stronger than preced.: to tighten what is already stretched, to strain): s. (or strain) the chains so as to gripe, c. tenacia vincla, Virg. G. 4, 412: to s. the sides with laughter, ilia risu c., Ov. A. A. 3, 285. Join: the more forcibly war-engines are s.'d, quo sunt contenta (tormenta) atque adducta vehementius, Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 57. Fig.: we must concede something, not to s. every point, remittendum est aliquid, ne omnia contendamus, id. Verr. 2, 21, 52.
      4. 4. prōdūco, xi, ctum, 3 (to elongate): to s. skins with the teeth, pelles dentibus p., Mart. 9, 74; cf. ferrum incude p., Juv. 15, 165.
      5. 5. extendo, di, tum and sum, 3 (to stretch out at full length): with the arm s.'d out, e. brachio, Cic. de Or. 2, 59, 242: cf. crura in longitudinem e., Plin. 10, 64, 84, § 183. Fig.: to s. out a letter, epistolam e., Plin. Ep. 3, 5: v. also to hold forth (A., I., 3), to extend.
      6. 6. prōtendo, di, sum and tum, 3 (to stretch forth): to s. forth spears, hastas p., Virg. Aen. 11, 606: to s. forth the arms towards the sea, brachia in mare p., Ov. M. 14, 191: snails s.ing forth their horns, cochleae cornua p. (opp. contrahentes), Plin. 9, 32, 51, § 101.
      7. 7. porrĭgo, rexi, rectum, 3 (like preced.): to s. forth (or out) the limbs, membra p. (opp. contrahere), Cic. Div. 1, 53, 120: to s. forth the arms to heaven, brachia coelo p., Ov. M. 1, 767. Also, in voting, to s. forth (or hold up) the hand, p. manum, Cic. Fl. 6, 15: v. also to hold forth (A. I., 1).
      8. 8. praetendo, di, tum, 3 (like preced.): he s.s forth an olive branch, ramum p. olivae, Virg. Aen. 8, 116: cf. cornua p., Plin. 11, 37, 45, § 126.
      9. 9. distendo, di, tum, 3 (to stretch out in opposite directions): to s. out the arms, brachia d., Ov. M. 4, 491: v. also to extend, distend.
      10. 10. intento, 1 (to stretch out threateningly): Virginius s.s out his hands against Appius, V. in Appium manus i., Liv. 3, 47, ad fin.: cf. haec (sica) intentata nobis est, Cic. Mil. 14, 37. Phr.: to s. one on the rack, aliquem in equuleo imponere, etc. (v. rack, subs., I.): seals s. themselves out on the shore, sternunt se litore phocae, Virg. G. 4, 432: to s. oneself out on the grass, abjicere se in herba, Cic. de Or. 1, 7, 28: v. also to stretch oneself.
    2. II. To exaggerate: Phr.: to s. facts, excedere actae rei modum, Plin.: to s. the truth, egredi veritatem, id.: etc. (v. to exaggerate, Phr.).
    3. III. To stretch one's authority: v. to tyrannize.
  2. B. Intrans.: expr. for the most part by pass. or reflect. of verbs under (A., I.):
      1. 1. porrĭgor, rectus, 3: Rhodope, s.ing to the midst of the polar region, (Rhodope) medium porrecta sub axem, Virg. G. 3, 351: v. to extend (B., I.).
      2. 2. extendo, di, tum and sum, 3 (in pass.): (fire) s.s over the plains, extenditur per campos, Virg. Aen. 10, 407: cf. id. 6, 423. Or with reflect. pron. (v. to extend, B, 2).
      3. 3. protendor, tus, 3: the nation of the Mardi s.s right up to the Bactri. protenditur ad Bactros usque gens Mardorum, Plin. 6, 16, 18, § 47.
      4. 4. tendo, tĕtendi, tentum and tensum, 3 (as neutr. or with pron. refl.): Mount Taurus s.ing westward, (mons T.) ad occasum tendens, Plin. 5, 27, 27, § 97: cf. mollis qua tendit Ionia, Prop. 1, 6, 31: where the azure tract of ocean s.s out, qua se ponti piaga caerula t., Lucr. 5, 481 (482).
      5. 5. pătesco, ui, 3: the plain s.s out a little wider, paulo latior p. campus, Liv. 22, 4, ad init.: his sway s.ing more widely, latius patescente imperio, id. 32, 27, fin.: v. also to extend (B.), to reach (A.), to spread.