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ostentātrix, īcis, f. [ostentator], she that displays or boasts (post-class.).

Lit.:

immodica sui ostentatrix,

App. Mag. p. 323, 11.—

Trop.:

pompa ostentatrix vani splendoris,

Prud. Psych. 439.

pando, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [for spando; root spa-; Sanscr. spha-, spread, grow; Gr. spaô; cf. spatium].

Act., to bend, bow, curve any thing (cf.:

flecto, curvo): pandant enim posteriora,

Quint. 11, 3, 122:

manus leviter pandata,

id. 11, 3, 100. —

Mid., to bend itself, to bend:

in inferiora pandantur,

Plin. 16, 42, 81, § 223; 16, 39, 74, § 189; 16, 40, 79, § 219:

apes sarcinā pandatae,

id. 11, 10, 10, § 21:

firmiora juga sunt alliganda, ut rigorem habeant nec pandentur onere fructuum,

Col. 4, 16 fin. —

Neutr., to bend itself, to bend:

ulmus et fraxinus celeriter pandant,

Vitr. 2, 9; 6, 11.

pando pandi (acc. to Prisc. p. 891 P.), passum, and less freq. pansum (v. Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 567 sq.), 3, v. a., to spread out, extend; to unfold, expand [from the root pat of pateo, cf. petannumi, q. v.] (syn.: explano, explico, extendo).

Lit.:

pandere palmas Ante deum delubra,

Lucr. 5, 1200; so,

ad solem pennas,

Verg. G. 1, 398:

retia,

Plin. 9, 8, 9, § 29:

telas in parietibus latissime,

id. 29, 4, 27, § 87: aciem, to extend, deploy, = explicare, Tac. H. 2, 25; 4, 33:

rupem ferro,

i. e. to split, Liv. 21, 37:

utere velis, Totos pande sinus,

Juv. 1, 150.—

With se or pass., to spread one's self, stretch, open out, extend, etc.:

immensa panditur planities,

Liv. 32, 4:

dum se cornua latius pandunt,

id. 2, 31:

rosa sese pandit in calices,

Plin. 21, 4, 10, § 14:

ubi mare coepit in latitudinem pandi,

id. 6, 13, 15, § 38:

si panditur ultra (gremium),

i. e. is not yet full, Juv. 14, 327.—

In partic., in econom. lang., to spread out to dry, to dry fruits:

ficos pandere,

Col. 2, 22, 3:

uvas in sole,

id. 12, 39, 1.—

Transf.

To throw open, to open any thing by extending it (mostly poet.;

syn.: patefacio, aperio, recludo): pandite atque aperite propere januam hanc Orci,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 1, 1:

pandite, sulti', genas (i. e. palpebras), Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. genas, p. 94 Müll. (Ann. v. 521 Vahl.): dividimus muros et moenia pandimus urbis,

Verg. A. 2, 234:

(Cerberus) tria guttura pandens,

id. ib. 6, 421:

limina,

id. ib. 6, 525: agros pingues, to lay open, i. e. to plough up, till, Lucr. 5, 1248:

piceae tantum taxique nocentes Interdum aut hederae pandunt vestigia nigrae,

disclose, Verg. G. 2, 257:

torridam incendio rupem ferro pandunt,

lay open, split, Liv. 21, 37, 3:

pandite nunc Helicona, deae,

Verg. A. 7, 641; 10, 1.—

Mid., to open itself, to open: panduntur inter ordines [p. 1297] viae, Liv. 10, 41:

cum caudā omnis jam panditur Hydra,

i. e. displays itself, Cic. Arat. 449.—

Trop.

To spread, extend; and with se, to spread or extend itself:

cum tempora se veris florentia pandunt,

Lucr. 6, 359:

illa divina (bona) longe lateque se pandunt caelumque contingunt,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 27, 76:

quaerebam utrum panderem vela orationis,

id. ib. 4, 5, 9:

umbriferos ubi pandit Tabrica saltus,

Juv. 10, 194. —Mid.:

ab aquilone pandetur malum super omnes,

Vulg. Jer. 1, 14; see also under P. a. B.—

To open:

viam alicui ad dominationem,

Liv. 4, 15:

viam fugae,

id. 10, 5.—

In partic., to unfold in speaking, to make known, publish, relate, explain (mostly poet.):

omnem rerum naturam dictis,

Lucr. 5, 54:

primordia rerum,

id. 1, 55:

res altā terrā et caligine mersas,

Verg. A. 6, 267; 3, 252; 3, 479:

nomen,

Ov. M. 4, 679:

fata,

Luc. 6, 590:

Hesiodus agricolis praecepta pandere orsus,

Plin. H. N. 14, 1, 1, § 3.—Hence,

pansus, a, um, P. a., spread out, outspread, outstretched, extended (rare and mostly post-Aug.):

manibus et pedibus pansis,

Vitr. 3, 1:

suppliciter pansis ad numina palmis, Germ. Arat. 68: sago porrectius panso,

Amm. 29, 5, 48:

pansis in altum bracchiis,

Prud. Cath. 12, 170: panso currere carbaso, id. adv. Symm. praef. 1, 48.—

passus, a, um (cf.:

ab eo, quod est pando passum veteres dixerunt, non pansum, etc.,

Gell. 15, 15, 1), P. a., outspread, outstretched, extended, open.

Lit.:

velo passo pervenire,

under full sail, Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 45; so,

velis passis pervehi,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 49, 119:

passis late palmis,

Caes. B. C. 3, 98:

passis manibus,

Plin. 7, 17, 17, § 77; Gell. 15, 15, 3: crinis passus, and more freq. in plur., crines passi, loose, dishevelled hair:

capillus passus,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 56; Caes. B. G. 1. 51; 7, 48; Liv. 1, 13; Verg. A. 1, 480 et saep.—Hence, verba passa, loose, relaxed, i. e. prose, App. Flor. 2, 15, p. 352, 1.—

Transf.

Spread out to dry (v. supra, I. 2.); hence, dried, dry:

uvae,

i. e. raisins, Col. 12, 39, 4; Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 4, 4 Mai; Vulg. Num. 6, 4; so,

acini,

Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 16:

racemi,

Verg. G. 4, 269:

rapa,

Plin. 18, 13, 34, § 127:

uva passa pendilis,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 99:

lac passum,

boiled milk, Ov. M. 14, 274.—Hence,

Transf.: rugosi passique senes, dried up, withered, Lucil. ap. Non. 12, 5 (Sat. 19, 11).— Hence, subst.: passum, i, n. (sc. vinum), wine made from dried grapes, raisin-wine: passum nominabant, si in vindemiā uvam diutius coctam legerent, eamque passi essent in sole aduri, Varr. ap. Non. 551, 27; Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 51:

passo psythia utilior,

Verg. G. 2, 93; Juv. 14, 271; cf. Col. 12, 39, 1; Plin. 14, 9, 11, § 81; Pall. 11, 19, 1:

passum quo ex sicciore uva est, eo valentius est,

Cels. 2, 18.—

Trop.: verba passa, prose (post-class.), App. Flor. p. 352, 1.

prae-dĭco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.

To cry in public, make known by crying in public, to publish, proclaim.

Lit., of a public crier:

ut praeco praedicat,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 17:

auctionem praedicem, ipse ut venditem,

id. Stich. 1, 3, 41; cf.:

si palam praeco praedicasset,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 16, § 40; Cic. Quint. 15, 50; id. Off. 3, 13, 55; id. Fam. 5, 12, 8.—

Transf.

In gen., to make publicly known, to announce, proclaim, to say, relate, state, declare (syn.:

moneo, ante denuntio,

Cic. Verr. 1, 12, 36; 1, 15, 43;

class.): audes mihi praedicare id, Domi te esse?

Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 11:

vera praedico,

id. ib. 3, 2, 20:

aliam nunc mihi orationem despoliato praedicas, atque olim,

you tell a different story, speak another language, id. As. 1, 3, 52:

utrum taceamne an praedicem?

Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 53:

si quidem haec vera praedicat,

id. And. 3, 1, 7.—With obj.-clause:

qui ingenti magnitudine corporum Germanos esse praedicabant,

Caes. B. G. 1, 39; Sall. C. 48, 9; Caes. B. C. 3, 106, 4:

barbari paucitatemque nostrorum militum suis praedicaverunt,

reported, id. B. G. 4, 34:

injuriam in eripiendis legionibus praedicat,

displays, id. B. C. 1, 32, 6:

ut praedicas,

as you assert, Cic. Cat. 1, 9, 23:

quod mihi praedicabas vitium, id tibi est,

that you attribute to me, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 249:

avus tuus tibi aediliciam praedicaret repulsam,

would tell you of the repulse that P. Nasica suffered respecting the edileship, Cic. Planc. 21, 51.—

In partic., to praise, laud, commend, vaunt, extol (syn.: laudo, celebro); constr. with aliquid ( de aliquo), de aliquā re, and absol., Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 18:

quid ego ejus tibi nunc faciem praedicem aut laudem?

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 17:

beata vita glorianda et praedicanda est,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 17, 50; Plin. 19, 4, 19, § 57:

aliquid miris laudibus,

id. 25, 5, 18, § 40; 13, 24, 47, § 130; Plin. Ep. 1, 14, 10; Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 54.—With obj.-clause:

Galli se omnes ab Dite patre prognatos praedicant,

Caes. B. G. 6, 17:

quae de illo viro Sulla, quam graviter saepe praedicaverunt!

Cic. Phil. 11, 13, 33:

qui possit idem de se praedicare, numquam se plus agere, etc.,

id. Rep. 1, 17, 27; cf. id. Pis. 1, 2.—With de aliquā re:

qui de meis in vos meritis praedicaturus non sum,

Caes. B. C. 2, 32.— Absol.:

qui benefacta sua verbis adornant, non ideo praedicare, quia fecerint, sed, ut praedicarent, fecisse creduntur,

Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 15:

verecundia in praedicando,

Tac. Agr. 8 fin. —

To preach the gospel (eccl. Lat.):

evangelium,

Vulg. Matt. 4, 23:

baptismum,

id. Marc. 1, 4; absol., id. Matt. 4, 17 et saep.—

For praedicere, to foretell, predict (eccl. Lat.):

persecutiones eos passuros praedicabat,

Tert. Fug. in Persec. 6; so,

persecutiones praedicatae,

id. ib. 12.

prae-dīco, xi, ctum, 3, v. a., to say or mention before or beforehand, to premise.

In gen. (mostly post-Aug.; cf.

praefor),

Ter. And. 4, 4, 54:

hoc primum in hac re praedico tibi,

id. ib. 1, 1, 19:

Davus dudum praedixit mihi,

id. ib. 5, 1, 21; 1, 2, 34; Quint. 4, 2, 57:

tria, quae praediximus,

have mentioned before, id. 3, 6, 89; 2, 4, 24:

praedicta ratio,

id. 8, 6, 52: ratio ejus in medicinā similis praedictis. Plin. 33, 13, 37, § 136; Plin. Ep. 4, 14, 8.—

In partic.

To foretell, predict; to forebode (class.):

defectiones solis et lunae multo ante praedicere,

Cic. Sen. 14, 49; so,

eclipsim,

Plin. 2, 12, 9, § 53:

futura,

Cic. Div. 1, 1, 2; Petr. [p. 1417] 137 fin.:

nihil adversi accidit non praedicente me,

that I had not predicted, id. Fam. 6, 6:

aliquid,

Sen. Q. N. 2, 32, 5:

malum hoc nobis De caelo tactas memini praedicere quercus,

Verg. E. 1, 17:

hos luctus,

id. A. 3, 713.—

To give notice or warning of, to appoint, fix (mostly post-Aug.), Naev. ap. Non. 197, 16:

ubi praetor reo atque accusatoribus diem praedixisset,

Tac. A. 2, 79:

praedictā die,

id. ib. 11, 27:

insula Batavorum in quam convenirent praedicta,

id. ib. 2, 6; cf. Plin. 10, 23, 31, § 61:

praedicta hora,

Suet. Claud. 8.—

To say what one should do, to advise, warn, admonish, inform, charge, command (class.; syn.: praecipio, moneo); usually constr. with ut or ne:

Pompeius suis praedixerat, ut, etc.,

Caes. B. C. 3, 92; Nep. Them. 7, 3; Liv. 2, 10, 4; 22, 60; 39, 19, 2:

ei visam esse Junonem praedicere, ne id faceret,

Cic. Div. 1, 24, 48; Liv. 10, 41:

praedixit, ne destinatum iter peterent,

Vell. 2, 82, 2; Tac. A. 13, 36; cf. in the abl. absol.:

praedicto, ne in re publicā haberetur,

id. ib. 16, 33.—With acc.:

unum illud tibi... Praedicam,

Verg. A. 3, 436; cf. with an obj.-clause:

Mummius jussit praedici conducentibus, si eas (statuas) perdidissent, novas eos reddituros,

Vell. 1, 13, 4; absol. of a physician, Curt. 3, 6, 3.—

To proclaim, announce at an auction, etc. (cf. 1. praedico, I. A.):

si in auctione praedictum est, ne, etc.,

Gai. Inst. 4, 126.—Hence, praedictus, a, um, P. a., previously named, before mentioned, preceding:

vicina praedictae sed amplior virtus est,

Quint. 8, 3, 83:

nomen,

id. 9, 3, 66:

posterior ex praedictis locus,

id. 2, 4, 24; 10, 1, 74:

simul pedes, eques, classis aput praedictum amnem convenere,

Tac. A. 1, 60; Plin. 10, 23, 31, § 76.— praedictum, i, n.

(Acc. to II. A.) A foretelling, prediction (class.;

syn. praesagium): Chaldaeorum praedicta,

Cic. Div. 2, 42, 89:

astrologorum,

id. ib. 2, 42, 88:

vatum,

id. Leg. 2, 12, 30; Verg. A. 4, 464:

haruspicis,

Suet. Oth. 6; Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 24:

deorum,

Val. Fl. 4, 460.—

(Acc. to II. C.) An order, command (Livian):

praedictum erat dictatoris ne quid absente eo rei gereret,

Liv. 23, 19, 5.—

An agreement, concert:

velut ex praedicto,

Liv. 33, 6, 8.