to+protract

lento, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [id.], to make flexible, to bend ( poet. and in postclass. prose).

Lit.:

arcus lentare et fundere glandes,

i. e. to draw a bow, Stat. Achill. 1, 436; so,

arcus,

id. Th. 1, 703:

Gortynia cornua,

id. ib. 3, 587.—

Transf., to bend, i. e. ply the oar:

Trinacriā lentandus remus in undā,

Verg. A. 3, 384:

remos,

Sen. Agm. 437.—

Trop.

Of time, to draw out, prolong, lengthen, protract:

lentare fervida bella,

Sil. 8, 11: fata Romana lentata, Treb. Claud. 6.—

To moderate:

lentatus vapor,

Sid. Carm. 22, 191.

Lento, ōnis, m. [lentus, sluggard], a Roman surname:

Caesennius Lento,

Cic. Phil. 11, 6, 3; 12, 9, 23.

porrĭgo, rexi, rectum, 3 (contr. form porgo, porgite, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 26, and Verg. A. 8, 274:

porge,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 18; Aus. Idyll. 4, 37:

porgebat, Sil 9, 458: porgens,

Val. Fl. 2, 656:

porgi,

Stat. Th. 8, 755:

porxit,

id. S. 2, 1, 204; cf.:

antiqui etiam porgam dixerunt pro porrigam,

Fest. p. 218 Müll.—Acc. to Lachmann, Hor. S. 2, 6, 59, instead of perditur, we should read porgitur; v. perdo init.), v. a. [por, = pro, and rego], to stretch or spread out before one's self, to put forth, reach out, extend (class.; syn. extendo).

Lit.

In gen.:

jam dudum, si des, porrexi manum,

Plaut. Ps. 4. 7, 49:

animal membra porrigit, contrahit,

Cic. Div. 1, 53, 120:

manum ad tradendam pyxidem,

id. Cael. 26, 63:

crus,

Liv. 8, 8:

caelo bracchia,

Ov. M. 1, 767:

aciem latius,

Sall. J. 52, 6.— Pass., to stretch or spread one's self out, to be stretched out, extended:

(Tityos) per tota novem cui jugera corpus Porrigitur,

extends, Verg. A. 6. 596:

porrectus somno,

Stat. Achill. 2, 75:

serpens in longam porrigi alvum,

Ov. M. 4, 574; cf.:

serpens centum porrectus in ulnas,

Sil. 6, 153; Trogus ap. Plin. 11, 52, 114, § 275.—So freq. of localities, to stretch out, extend, to lie (mostly post-Aug.):

cubiculum porrigitur in solem,

Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 23:

cujus (loci) pars colles erant, pars in planitiem porrigebatur,

Tac. A. 13, 38:

Creta inter ortum occasumque porrigitur,

Plin. 4, 12, 20, § 58; Just. 42, 2. —

In partic.

To lay at full length, to stretch on the ground (rare):

in plenos resolutum carmine somnos, Exanimi similem, stratis porrexit in herbis,

Ov. M. 7, 254:

utrumque ab equis ingenti porrigit arvo,

Val. Fl. 6, 553:

in spatium ingens ruentem porrexit hostem,

Liv. 7, 10 fin.; Mart. Spect. 15.—

To hold forth, reach out, to offer, present:

dexteram alicui,

Cic. Deiot. 3, 8:

dextram,

Plin. 11, 45, 103, § 250:

bona alicui,

Cic. N. D. 3, 34, 84; cf.:

munera,

Ov. M. 8, 95:

pocula,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 92:

gladium alicui ad occidendum hominem,

Cic. Mil. 3, 9; Ov. P. 3, 1, 13: manum sani medicis porrigunt, Sen. Tranq. 2, 1.—Prov.:

maritali porrigere ora capistro,

to present his head to the marriage halter, Juv. 6, 43.—

Porrigere manum, in voting, to put forth or hold up the hand, Cic. Fl. 6, 15.—Hence, transf., i. q. to express one's assent or approval:

quare si tu quoque huic sententiae manum porrigis,

Symm. Ep. 7, 15.—

Trop.

To protract, prolong (syn. prolato):

iter,

App. M. 2, 14; 6, 3;

so of the quantity of a syllable: syllabam,

Quint. 1, 6, 32; cf.:

ut aliquis impetum morbi trahendo effugiat, porrigaturque in id tempus, etc.,

i. e. be kept alive, supported, Cels. 2, 5.—

(Acc. to I. B. 2.) To offer, to grant a thing:

praesidium clientibus porrigere atque tendere,

Cic. de Or. 1, 40, 184:

et mihi forsan, tibi quod negarit, Porriget hora,

Hor. C. 2, 16, 32.—

Manus ad (in) aliquid porrigere, to reach after, strive for, seek to obtain (mostly post-Aug.):

Lydiam cepisti... jam etiam ad pecora nostra avaras et insatiabiles manus porrigis,

Curt. 7, 8, 19:

fames me appellat, ad proxima quaeque porrigatur manus,

Sen. Ep. 119, 4; id. Ben. 5, 14, 2; id. Cons. Polyb. 17, 1; Val. Max. 9, 1, 2; Lact. 7, 15, 5:

manus suas in orientem occidentemque porrexit,

id. Mort. Pers. 3 fin.; cf.:

pecunia deesse coepit, neque quo manus porrigeret suppetebat, nisi, etc.,

Nep. Dion, 7, 2.—

Se porrigere, to extend, reach, spread itself:

jam fortuna Romana se ad orientalia regna porrigere coeperat,

Just. 39, 5, 3:

quis gradus ulterior, quo se tua porrigat ira, restat?

Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 5.— porrectus, a, um, P. a., stretched out, extended, long.

Lit.:

porrecta ac aperta loca,

Caes. B. G. 2, 19:

locus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 41:

syllaba,

long, Quint. 1, 7, 14; cf.

mora,

long, protracted, Ov. P. 4, 12, 14: senex, stretched out, i. e. dead, Cat. 67, 6; cf. in double sense: tuam amicam video. Ca. Ubi ea'st? Ps. Eccam in tabellis porrectam, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 34.— Comp.:

porrectior acies,

Tac. Agr. 35 fin.: porrectior frons, i. e. more cheerful (opp. contractior), Plaut. Cas. 2, 4, 3.—

Subst.: porrectum, i, n.

Extent:

Thessaliae in porrectum longitudo,

Plin. 4, 9, 16, § 32. —

A straight line, Vitr. 10, 8.—

A plain, Dig. 8, 3, 8.— Plur., Min. Fel. 17, 10. —

Trop., widespread, extended:

famaque et imperī Porrecta majestas ad ortum Solis ab Hesperio cubili,

Hor. C. 4, 15, 15.— Hence, adv.: porrectē, widely, extensively, far (post-class.).— Comp.:

porrectius ire,

farther, Amm. 21, 9, 1; 29, 5, 48.

porrīgo, ĭnis, f., the scurf, dandruff on the head, Cels. 6, 2; Plin. 20, 6, 23, § 53; 20, 6, 27, § 69; 28, 11, 46, § 163; 32, 4, 14, § 35; Hor. S. 2, 3, 126.—Also of other hairy parts of the body, Scrib. Larg. 243.—Of animals, perhaps the mange:

porci,

Juv. 2, 80.

porrĭgo, rexi, rectum, 3 (contr. form porgo, porgite, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 26, and Verg. A. 8, 274:

porge,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 18; Aus. Idyll. 4, 37:

porgebat, Sil 9, 458: porgens,

Val. Fl. 2, 656:

porgi,

Stat. Th. 8, 755:

porxit,

id. S. 2, 1, 204; cf.:

antiqui etiam porgam dixerunt pro porrigam,

Fest. p. 218 Müll.—Acc. to Lachmann, Hor. S. 2, 6, 59, instead of perditur, we should read porgitur; v. perdo init.), v. a. [por, = pro, and rego], to stretch or spread out before one's self, to put forth, reach out, extend (class.; syn. extendo).

Lit.

In gen.:

jam dudum, si des, porrexi manum,

Plaut. Ps. 4. 7, 49:

animal membra porrigit, contrahit,

Cic. Div. 1, 53, 120:

manum ad tradendam pyxidem,

id. Cael. 26, 63:

crus,

Liv. 8, 8:

caelo bracchia,

Ov. M. 1, 767:

aciem latius,

Sall. J. 52, 6.— Pass., to stretch or spread one's self out, to be stretched out, extended:

(Tityos) per tota novem cui jugera corpus Porrigitur,

extends, Verg. A. 6. 596:

porrectus somno,

Stat. Achill. 2, 75:

serpens in longam porrigi alvum,

Ov. M. 4, 574; cf.:

serpens centum porrectus in ulnas,

Sil. 6, 153; Trogus ap. Plin. 11, 52, 114, § 275.—So freq. of localities, to stretch out, extend, to lie (mostly post-Aug.):

cubiculum porrigitur in solem,

Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 23:

cujus (loci) pars colles erant, pars in planitiem porrigebatur,

Tac. A. 13, 38:

Creta inter ortum occasumque porrigitur,

Plin. 4, 12, 20, § 58; Just. 42, 2. —

In partic.

To lay at full length, to stretch on the ground (rare):

in plenos resolutum carmine somnos, Exanimi similem, stratis porrexit in herbis,

Ov. M. 7, 254:

utrumque ab equis ingenti porrigit arvo,

Val. Fl. 6, 553:

in spatium ingens ruentem porrexit hostem,

Liv. 7, 10 fin.; Mart. Spect. 15.—

To hold forth, reach out, to offer, present:

dexteram alicui,

Cic. Deiot. 3, 8:

dextram,

Plin. 11, 45, 103, § 250:

bona alicui,

Cic. N. D. 3, 34, 84; cf.:

munera,

Ov. M. 8, 95:

pocula,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 92:

gladium alicui ad occidendum hominem,

Cic. Mil. 3, 9; Ov. P. 3, 1, 13: manum sani medicis porrigunt, Sen. Tranq. 2, 1.—Prov.:

maritali porrigere ora capistro,

to present his head to the marriage halter, Juv. 6, 43.—

Porrigere manum, in voting, to put forth or hold up the hand, Cic. Fl. 6, 15.—Hence, transf., i. q. to express one's assent or approval:

quare si tu quoque huic sententiae manum porrigis,

Symm. Ep. 7, 15.—

Trop.

To protract, prolong (syn. prolato):

iter,

App. M. 2, 14; 6, 3;

so of the quantity of a syllable: syllabam,

Quint. 1, 6, 32; cf.:

ut aliquis impetum morbi trahendo effugiat, porrigaturque in id tempus, etc.,

i. e. be kept alive, supported, Cels. 2, 5.—

(Acc. to I. B. 2.) To offer, to grant a thing:

praesidium clientibus porrigere atque tendere,

Cic. de Or. 1, 40, 184:

et mihi forsan, tibi quod negarit, Porriget hora,

Hor. C. 2, 16, 32.—

Manus ad (in) aliquid porrigere, to reach after, strive for, seek to obtain (mostly post-Aug.):

Lydiam cepisti... jam etiam ad pecora nostra avaras et insatiabiles manus porrigis,

Curt. 7, 8, 19:

fames me appellat, ad proxima quaeque porrigatur manus,

Sen. Ep. 119, 4; id. Ben. 5, 14, 2; id. Cons. Polyb. 17, 1; Val. Max. 9, 1, 2; Lact. 7, 15, 5:

manus suas in orientem occidentemque porrexit,

id. Mort. Pers. 3 fin.; cf.:

pecunia deesse coepit, neque quo manus porrigeret suppetebat, nisi, etc.,

Nep. Dion, 7, 2.—

Se porrigere, to extend, reach, spread itself:

jam fortuna Romana se ad orientalia regna porrigere coeperat,

Just. 39, 5, 3:

quis gradus ulterior, quo se tua porrigat ira, restat?

Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 5.— porrectus, a, um, P. a., stretched out, extended, long.

Lit.:

porrecta ac aperta loca,

Caes. B. G. 2, 19:

locus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 41:

syllaba,

long, Quint. 1, 7, 14; cf.

mora,

long, protracted, Ov. P. 4, 12, 14: senex, stretched out, i. e. dead, Cat. 67, 6; cf. in double sense: tuam amicam video. Ca. Ubi ea'st? Ps. Eccam in tabellis porrectam, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 34.— Comp.:

porrectior acies,

Tac. Agr. 35 fin.: porrectior frons, i. e. more cheerful (opp. contractior), Plaut. Cas. 2, 4, 3.—

Subst.: porrectum, i, n.

Extent:

Thessaliae in porrectum longitudo,

Plin. 4, 9, 16, § 32. —

A straight line, Vitr. 10, 8.—

A plain, Dig. 8, 3, 8.— Plur., Min. Fel. 17, 10. —

Trop., widespread, extended:

famaque et imperī Porrecta majestas ad ortum Solis ab Hesperio cubili,

Hor. C. 4, 15, 15.— Hence, adv.: porrectē, widely, extensively, far (post-class.).— Comp.:

porrectius ire,

farther, Amm. 21, 9, 1; 29, 5, 48.

porrīgo, ĭnis, f., the scurf, dandruff on the head, Cels. 6, 2; Plin. 20, 6, 23, § 53; 20, 6, 27, § 69; 28, 11, 46, § 163; 32, 4, 14, § 35; Hor. S. 2, 3, 126.—Also of other hairy parts of the body, Scrib. Larg. 243.—Of animals, perhaps the mange:

porci,

Juv. 2, 80.

prō-dūco, xi, ctum, 3 (produxe, for produxisse, Ter Ad. 4, 2, 22), v. a., to lead or bring forth, to lead forward or out.

Lit. (class.):

fidicinam intus,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 40:

aliquem foras ante aedes,

id. Capt. 2, 2, 2:

aliquem e latebris,

Petr. 126:

castris omnem exercitum,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 62:

copias pro castris,

Caes. B. G. 1, 48.—Esp.

To bring before the people, senate, or a court:

aliquem in conspectum populi Romani,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 47, § 122:

quempiam in contionem,

id. Pis. 6, 14: cum tribunis [p. 1456] plebis Curionem et Octavium consules produxisset, id. Brut. 60, 217; Liv. 27, 7, 4:

harum rerum omnium auctores testesque,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 50, § 131:

productus pro rostris,

to give evidence, Suet. Jul. 20 fin.:

producti in circo Flaminio in contionem,

Cic. Sest. 14, 33:

in judicium,

to bring before a court, id. Verr. 2, 1, 43, § 113:

aliquem in Sestium,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 1:

aliquem ad necem,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 60, § 157.—

Of an actor, to represent, perform:

nihil ab hoc (Roscio) pravum et perversum produci posse arbitrabantur,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 10, 30. —

To expose for sale:

ancillam produxit, vendidit,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 54:

servos,

id. Heaut. 1, 1, 92; Suet. Gram. 4.—

To draw or place one thing before another ( poet.):

producere malo aliquam moram,

Ter. And. 3, 5, 9:

scamnum lecto,

Ov. A. A. 2, 211:

nubila menti,

Stat. S. 5, 3, 13.—

To draw or stretch out, to lengthen out, extend ( poet. and post-Aug.):

pelles dentibus,

Mart. 9, 74, 1:

ferrum incude,

Juv. 15, 165:

supercilium madidā fuligine tactum,

id. 2, 94:

lineas ex argento nigras,

Plin. 33, 6, 31, § 98.—

To conduct to a place:

non tu eum rus hinc modo Produxe aiebas?

Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 22.—

To conduct to the grave, sc. a corpse or a funeral procession ( poet.):

nec te, tua funera, mater Produxi,

Verg. A. 9, 486:

longum funus ad tumulos,

Luc. 2, 298.—

To lead or bring along, to bring away:

qui et procurrentem retrahat, et cunctantem producat,

to drag forward, Col. 6, 2, 9.—

To bring to light, disclose, expose:

occulta ad patres produxit crimina servus,

Juv. 8, 266. —

In partic.

To bring forth, bring into the world, to bear or beget:

ego is sum qui te produxi pater,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 129:

liberos,

id. Capt. 3, 5, 105; Lucil. ap. Non. 373, 2:

magnanimos nos natura produxit,

Sen. Ep. 104, 23:

quam te Thersitae similem producat Achilles,

Juv. 8, 271.— Of other subjects, to produce, make (postAug.):

cibis utendum est carnem producentibus,

Cels. 8, 7, 7:

cum folia producere incipiunt fici,

Pall. 4, 10, 30.—

= adduco in indicium, to bring forth to trial, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 12, § 32 (Zumpt); Quint. 11, 3, 174.—

To make to grow, to advance, promote ( poet.): subolem. Hor. C. S. 17.—

In pronunciation, to lengthen, prolong (class.):

inclitus dicimus brevi primā litterā, insanus productā,

Cic. Or. 48, 159:

syllabam,

Ov. P. 4, 12, 13; Quint. 1, 5, 18.—

Trop.

To bring forward (to distinction), to raise, promote, advance (class.): producere aliquem ad aliquam dignitatem. Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 52:

aliquem omni genere honoris,

Liv. 40, 56:

quem tu non pro illius dignitate produxeras,

Cic. Dom. 9, 21:

a quibus producti sunt, exsistunt eorum ipsorum tyranni,

advanced to power, id. Rep. 1, 44, 68:

beneficia, quae non producunt, nec honestiorem faciunt,

Sen. Ben. 2, 9, 2.—

To lead, induce one to do any thing:

producti sumus, ut loqueremur,

Auct. Her. 1, 3, 5:

productus ad aliquid faciendum,

Plin. 9, 35, 59, § 122.—

To draw or drag out, to lengthen out, prolong, protract (class.):

producere pauperi vitam ad miseriam,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 59:

cenam,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 70:

convivium ad multam noctem vario sermone,

Cic. Sen. 14, 46:

sermonem in multam noctem,

id. Rep. 6, 10, 10:

sermonem longius,

id. Brut. 71, 251:

Varro.. vitam Naevii producit longius,

i. e. represents him as having lived longer, id. ib. 15, 60:

somnum ultra primam lucem,

Suet. Aug. 78:

rem in hiemem,

Caes. B. G. 4, 30:

animas,

lives, Juv. 15, 94.—

To put off, to amuse, delude one with fallacious promises:

aliquem falsā spe producere,

Ter. And. 4, 1, 25:

aliquem conditionibus,

Cic. Quint. 8, 30.—

Of time, to pass, spend ( poet.):

cyathos sorbillans diem,

Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 52.—

To bring up, educate:

audientem dicto, mater, produxisti filiam,

Plaut. As. 3, 1, 40:

principes liberos,

Tac. Or. 28:

laevo monitu pueros avaros,

Juv. 14, 228.—

To make, devise, produce, bring into use:

nova (vocabula) quae genitor produxerit usus,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 119.—

To plant, cultivate:

quicunque primum te produxit, arbor,

Hor. C. 2, 13, 3.—Hence, prōductus, a, um, P. a., lengthened, long, prolonged, protracted, etc. (class.):

productiore cornu sinistro,

drawn out, extended, Tac. A. 13, 40 Halm:

productissimum flagellum,

Col. 3, 10: commoditates corporis tam productae temporibus, Cic. Fin. 4, 12, 29:

dolores longinquitate producti,

id. Tusc. 5, 40, 117:

exitus (orationis),

id. de Or. 2. 53, 213:

productiora alia, et quasi immoderatius excurrentia,

too long, id. Or. 53, 178; so,

producta syllaba (opp. short),

id. ib. 48, 159:

nomen,

formed by prolongation, id. N. D. 2, 26, 66:

neve minor, neu sit quinto productior actu Fabula,

longer, Hor. A. P. 189.—

Subst.: prōducta, ōrum, n., preferable things (a transl. of the Gr. tha proêgmena): in vitā non ea, quae primario loco sunt, sed ea, quae secundum locum obtinent, proêgmena, id est producta nominantur; quae vel ita appellemus (id erit verbum e verbo), vel promota, et remota, vel, ut dudum diximus, praeposita, vel praecipua;

et illa rejecta,

Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 52; cf. Sen. Ep. 74, 17.—Hence, adv.: prōductē, in a lengthened manner, long (class.):

producte dicere litteram, opp. breviter,

Cic. Or. 48, 159:

producte dicere syllabam, opp. correpte,

Gell. 2, 17, 5.— Comp.:

syllaba productius pronunciata,

Gell. 4, 17, 8.

prō-dūco, xi, ctum, 3 (produxe, for produxisse, Ter Ad. 4, 2, 22), v. a., to lead or bring forth, to lead forward or out.

Lit. (class.):

fidicinam intus,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 40:

aliquem foras ante aedes,

id. Capt. 2, 2, 2:

aliquem e latebris,

Petr. 126:

castris omnem exercitum,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 62:

copias pro castris,

Caes. B. G. 1, 48.—Esp.

To bring before the people, senate, or a court:

aliquem in conspectum populi Romani,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 47, § 122:

quempiam in contionem,

id. Pis. 6, 14: cum tribunis [p. 1456] plebis Curionem et Octavium consules produxisset, id. Brut. 60, 217; Liv. 27, 7, 4:

harum rerum omnium auctores testesque,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 50, § 131:

productus pro rostris,

to give evidence, Suet. Jul. 20 fin.:

producti in circo Flaminio in contionem,

Cic. Sest. 14, 33:

in judicium,

to bring before a court, id. Verr. 2, 1, 43, § 113:

aliquem in Sestium,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 1:

aliquem ad necem,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 60, § 157.—

Of an actor, to represent, perform:

nihil ab hoc (Roscio) pravum et perversum produci posse arbitrabantur,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 10, 30. —

To expose for sale:

ancillam produxit, vendidit,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 54:

servos,

id. Heaut. 1, 1, 92; Suet. Gram. 4.—

To draw or place one thing before another ( poet.):

producere malo aliquam moram,

Ter. And. 3, 5, 9:

scamnum lecto,

Ov. A. A. 2, 211:

nubila menti,

Stat. S. 5, 3, 13.—

To draw or stretch out, to lengthen out, extend ( poet. and post-Aug.):

pelles dentibus,

Mart. 9, 74, 1:

ferrum incude,

Juv. 15, 165:

supercilium madidā fuligine tactum,

id. 2, 94:

lineas ex argento nigras,

Plin. 33, 6, 31, § 98.—

To conduct to a place:

non tu eum rus hinc modo Produxe aiebas?

Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 22.—

To conduct to the grave, sc. a corpse or a funeral procession ( poet.):

nec te, tua funera, mater Produxi,

Verg. A. 9, 486:

longum funus ad tumulos,

Luc. 2, 298.—

To lead or bring along, to bring away:

qui et procurrentem retrahat, et cunctantem producat,

to drag forward, Col. 6, 2, 9.—

To bring to light, disclose, expose:

occulta ad patres produxit crimina servus,

Juv. 8, 266. —

In partic.

To bring forth, bring into the world, to bear or beget:

ego is sum qui te produxi pater,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 129:

liberos,

id. Capt. 3, 5, 105; Lucil. ap. Non. 373, 2:

magnanimos nos natura produxit,

Sen. Ep. 104, 23:

quam te Thersitae similem producat Achilles,

Juv. 8, 271.— Of other subjects, to produce, make (postAug.):

cibis utendum est carnem producentibus,

Cels. 8, 7, 7:

cum folia producere incipiunt fici,

Pall. 4, 10, 30.—

= adduco in indicium, to bring forth to trial, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 12, § 32 (Zumpt); Quint. 11, 3, 174.—

To make to grow, to advance, promote ( poet.): subolem. Hor. C. S. 17.—

In pronunciation, to lengthen, prolong (class.):

inclitus dicimus brevi primā litterā, insanus productā,

Cic. Or. 48, 159:

syllabam,

Ov. P. 4, 12, 13; Quint. 1, 5, 18.—

Trop.

To bring forward (to distinction), to raise, promote, advance (class.): producere aliquem ad aliquam dignitatem. Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 52:

aliquem omni genere honoris,

Liv. 40, 56:

quem tu non pro illius dignitate produxeras,

Cic. Dom. 9, 21:

a quibus producti sunt, exsistunt eorum ipsorum tyranni,

advanced to power, id. Rep. 1, 44, 68:

beneficia, quae non producunt, nec honestiorem faciunt,

Sen. Ben. 2, 9, 2.—

To lead, induce one to do any thing:

producti sumus, ut loqueremur,

Auct. Her. 1, 3, 5:

productus ad aliquid faciendum,

Plin. 9, 35, 59, § 122.—

To draw or drag out, to lengthen out, prolong, protract (class.):

producere pauperi vitam ad miseriam,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 59:

cenam,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 70:

convivium ad multam noctem vario sermone,

Cic. Sen. 14, 46:

sermonem in multam noctem,

id. Rep. 6, 10, 10:

sermonem longius,

id. Brut. 71, 251:

Varro.. vitam Naevii producit longius,

i. e. represents him as having lived longer, id. ib. 15, 60:

somnum ultra primam lucem,

Suet. Aug. 78:

rem in hiemem,

Caes. B. G. 4, 30:

animas,

lives, Juv. 15, 94.—

To put off, to amuse, delude one with fallacious promises:

aliquem falsā spe producere,

Ter. And. 4, 1, 25:

aliquem conditionibus,

Cic. Quint. 8, 30.—

Of time, to pass, spend ( poet.):

cyathos sorbillans diem,

Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 52.—

To bring up, educate:

audientem dicto, mater, produxisti filiam,

Plaut. As. 3, 1, 40:

principes liberos,

Tac. Or. 28:

laevo monitu pueros avaros,

Juv. 14, 228.—

To make, devise, produce, bring into use:

nova (vocabula) quae genitor produxerit usus,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 119.—

To plant, cultivate:

quicunque primum te produxit, arbor,

Hor. C. 2, 13, 3.—Hence, prōductus, a, um, P. a., lengthened, long, prolonged, protracted, etc. (class.):

productiore cornu sinistro,

drawn out, extended, Tac. A. 13, 40 Halm:

productissimum flagellum,

Col. 3, 10: commoditates corporis tam productae temporibus, Cic. Fin. 4, 12, 29:

dolores longinquitate producti,

id. Tusc. 5, 40, 117:

exitus (orationis),

id. de Or. 2. 53, 213:

productiora alia, et quasi immoderatius excurrentia,

too long, id. Or. 53, 178; so,

producta syllaba (opp. short),

id. ib. 48, 159:

nomen,

formed by prolongation, id. N. D. 2, 26, 66:

neve minor, neu sit quinto productior actu Fabula,

longer, Hor. A. P. 189.—

Subst.: prōducta, ōrum, n., preferable things (a transl. of the Gr. tha proêgmena): in vitā non ea, quae primario loco sunt, sed ea, quae secundum locum obtinent, proêgmena, id est producta nominantur; quae vel ita appellemus (id erit verbum e verbo), vel promota, et remota, vel, ut dudum diximus, praeposita, vel praecipua;

et illa rejecta,

Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 52; cf. Sen. Ep. 74, 17.—Hence, adv.: prōductē, in a lengthened manner, long (class.):

producte dicere litteram, opp. breviter,

Cic. Or. 48, 159:

producte dicere syllabam, opp. correpte,

Gell. 2, 17, 5.— Comp.:

syllaba productius pronunciata,

Gell. 4, 17, 8.

prō-dūco, xi, ctum, 3 (produxe, for produxisse, Ter Ad. 4, 2, 22), v. a., to lead or bring forth, to lead forward or out.

Lit. (class.):

fidicinam intus,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 40:

aliquem foras ante aedes,

id. Capt. 2, 2, 2:

aliquem e latebris,

Petr. 126:

castris omnem exercitum,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 62:

copias pro castris,

Caes. B. G. 1, 48.—Esp.

To bring before the people, senate, or a court:

aliquem in conspectum populi Romani,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 47, § 122:

quempiam in contionem,

id. Pis. 6, 14: cum tribunis [p. 1456] plebis Curionem et Octavium consules produxisset, id. Brut. 60, 217; Liv. 27, 7, 4:

harum rerum omnium auctores testesque,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 50, § 131:

productus pro rostris,

to give evidence, Suet. Jul. 20 fin.:

producti in circo Flaminio in contionem,

Cic. Sest. 14, 33:

in judicium,

to bring before a court, id. Verr. 2, 1, 43, § 113:

aliquem in Sestium,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 1:

aliquem ad necem,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 60, § 157.—

Of an actor, to represent, perform:

nihil ab hoc (Roscio) pravum et perversum produci posse arbitrabantur,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 10, 30. —

To expose for sale:

ancillam produxit, vendidit,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 54:

servos,

id. Heaut. 1, 1, 92; Suet. Gram. 4.—

To draw or place one thing before another ( poet.):

producere malo aliquam moram,

Ter. And. 3, 5, 9:

scamnum lecto,

Ov. A. A. 2, 211:

nubila menti,

Stat. S. 5, 3, 13.—

To draw or stretch out, to lengthen out, extend ( poet. and post-Aug.):

pelles dentibus,

Mart. 9, 74, 1:

ferrum incude,

Juv. 15, 165:

supercilium madidā fuligine tactum,

id. 2, 94:

lineas ex argento nigras,

Plin. 33, 6, 31, § 98.—

To conduct to a place:

non tu eum rus hinc modo Produxe aiebas?

Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 22.—

To conduct to the grave, sc. a corpse or a funeral procession ( poet.):

nec te, tua funera, mater Produxi,

Verg. A. 9, 486:

longum funus ad tumulos,

Luc. 2, 298.—

To lead or bring along, to bring away:

qui et procurrentem retrahat, et cunctantem producat,

to drag forward, Col. 6, 2, 9.—

To bring to light, disclose, expose:

occulta ad patres produxit crimina servus,

Juv. 8, 266. —

In partic.

To bring forth, bring into the world, to bear or beget:

ego is sum qui te produxi pater,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 129:

liberos,

id. Capt. 3, 5, 105; Lucil. ap. Non. 373, 2:

magnanimos nos natura produxit,

Sen. Ep. 104, 23:

quam te Thersitae similem producat Achilles,

Juv. 8, 271.— Of other subjects, to produce, make (postAug.):

cibis utendum est carnem producentibus,

Cels. 8, 7, 7:

cum folia producere incipiunt fici,

Pall. 4, 10, 30.—

= adduco in indicium, to bring forth to trial, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 12, § 32 (Zumpt); Quint. 11, 3, 174.—

To make to grow, to advance, promote ( poet.): subolem. Hor. C. S. 17.—

In pronunciation, to lengthen, prolong (class.):

inclitus dicimus brevi primā litterā, insanus productā,

Cic. Or. 48, 159:

syllabam,

Ov. P. 4, 12, 13; Quint. 1, 5, 18.—

Trop.

To bring forward (to distinction), to raise, promote, advance (class.): producere aliquem ad aliquam dignitatem. Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 52:

aliquem omni genere honoris,

Liv. 40, 56:

quem tu non pro illius dignitate produxeras,

Cic. Dom. 9, 21:

a quibus producti sunt, exsistunt eorum ipsorum tyranni,

advanced to power, id. Rep. 1, 44, 68:

beneficia, quae non producunt, nec honestiorem faciunt,

Sen. Ben. 2, 9, 2.—

To lead, induce one to do any thing:

producti sumus, ut loqueremur,

Auct. Her. 1, 3, 5:

productus ad aliquid faciendum,

Plin. 9, 35, 59, § 122.—

To draw or drag out, to lengthen out, prolong, protract (class.):

producere pauperi vitam ad miseriam,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 59:

cenam,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 70:

convivium ad multam noctem vario sermone,

Cic. Sen. 14, 46:

sermonem in multam noctem,

id. Rep. 6, 10, 10:

sermonem longius,

id. Brut. 71, 251:

Varro.. vitam Naevii producit longius,

i. e. represents him as having lived longer, id. ib. 15, 60:

somnum ultra primam lucem,

Suet. Aug. 78:

rem in hiemem,

Caes. B. G. 4, 30:

animas,

lives, Juv. 15, 94.—

To put off, to amuse, delude one with fallacious promises:

aliquem falsā spe producere,

Ter. And. 4, 1, 25:

aliquem conditionibus,

Cic. Quint. 8, 30.—

Of time, to pass, spend ( poet.):

cyathos sorbillans diem,

Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 52.—

To bring up, educate:

audientem dicto, mater, produxisti filiam,

Plaut. As. 3, 1, 40:

principes liberos,

Tac. Or. 28:

laevo monitu pueros avaros,

Juv. 14, 228.—

To make, devise, produce, bring into use:

nova (vocabula) quae genitor produxerit usus,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 119.—

To plant, cultivate:

quicunque primum te produxit, arbor,

Hor. C. 2, 13, 3.—Hence, prōductus, a, um, P. a., lengthened, long, prolonged, protracted, etc. (class.):

productiore cornu sinistro,

drawn out, extended, Tac. A. 13, 40 Halm:

productissimum flagellum,

Col. 3, 10: commoditates corporis tam productae temporibus, Cic. Fin. 4, 12, 29:

dolores longinquitate producti,

id. Tusc. 5, 40, 117:

exitus (orationis),

id. de Or. 2. 53, 213:

productiora alia, et quasi immoderatius excurrentia,

too long, id. Or. 53, 178; so,

producta syllaba (opp. short),

id. ib. 48, 159:

nomen,

formed by prolongation, id. N. D. 2, 26, 66:

neve minor, neu sit quinto productior actu Fabula,

longer, Hor. A. P. 189.—

Subst.: prōducta, ōrum, n., preferable things (a transl. of the Gr. tha proêgmena): in vitā non ea, quae primario loco sunt, sed ea, quae secundum locum obtinent, proêgmena, id est producta nominantur; quae vel ita appellemus (id erit verbum e verbo), vel promota, et remota, vel, ut dudum diximus, praeposita, vel praecipua;

et illa rejecta,

Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 52; cf. Sen. Ep. 74, 17.—Hence, adv.: prōductē, in a lengthened manner, long (class.):

producte dicere litteram, opp. breviter,

Cic. Or. 48, 159:

producte dicere syllabam, opp. correpte,

Gell. 2, 17, 5.— Comp.:

syllaba productius pronunciata,

Gell. 4, 17, 8.

prō-rŏgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.

To prolong, continue, extend, protract (class.;

syn.: propago, produco): ne quinquennii imperium Caesari prorogaretur,

should not be prolonged, Cic. Phil. 2, 10, 24:

provinciam,

id. Att. 5, 11, 1; 5, 2, 1:

ne quid temporis nobis prorogetur (in the province),

id. Fam. 3, 10, 3:

imperium,

Liv. 26, 1:

imperium in insequentem annum,

id. 9, 42, 2; 10, 22, 9:

spatium praeturae in alterum annum,

Front. Aquaed. 7:

spem militi in alium diem,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 57:

vitae spatium,

Tac. A. 3, 51 fin.:

moras in hiemes,

Plin. 16, 22, 34, § 83:

memoriam alicujus,

Plin. Ep. 7, 31, 5:

nominis famam,

id. ib. 9, 19, 3.—

Transf.

To keep for a long time, to preserve, continue ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

divinis condimentis utere, quī prorogare vitam possis hominibus,

Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 38:

alterum in lustrum, meliusque semper Proroget aevum,

Hor. C. S. 67:

spiritum homini,

Plin. Ep. 2, 20, 7; Sen. Ep. 101, 10:

conditum prorogatur,

Plin. 22, 22, 37, § 79.—

To put off, defer (class.):

dies ad solvendum,

Cic. Phil. 2, 29, 74:

diem mortis,

Sen. Ben. 5, 17, 6.—

To pay down beforehand, to advance (post-class.):

vel prorogante eo, vel repromittente,

Dig. 40, 1, 4, § 1:

si ei nummos prorogavit emptor,

ib. 40, 1, 4, § 5:

pensionem integram,

ib. 19, 2, 19, § 6.—

To propagate, perpetuale (post-class.):

prorogata familia,

Val. Max. 3, 4, 6:

sobolem,

Just. 2, 4, 21 (dub.; al. generandam).

prō-tēlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [telum], to drive forth or forwards, to drive away, put to flight, repulse, remove (only ante- and post-class.).

Lit.: protelare longe propellere, ex Graeco videlicet têle, quod significat longe, Paul. ex Fest. p. 235 Müll.: equites, Sisenn. ap. Non. 363, 18:

Romanos impetu suo protelant,

id. ib. 363, 4:

aliquem patriā,

Turp. ib. 363, 16 (Com. Rel. p. 83 Rib.):

aliquem saevidicis dictis,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 36:

hanc cladem de vestris manibus,

App. M. 8, p. 209, 36; p. 178 Bip. —

Transf.

To prolong, put off, protract, delay, defer:

diem cautionis,

Dig. 39, 2, 4:

admonitionem,

ib. 5, 1, 2 fin.:

litem invito judice,

Cod. Just. 3, 1, 13: annis quadraginta sexcenta milia hominum protelavit, prolonged, i. e. preserved their lives, Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 21:

protelentur dies in terrā possessionis vestrae,

Vulg. Deut. 5, 33. —

To lead or bring anywhere:

aliquem in portum divinae clementiae,

Tert. Poen. 4:

ignorantiam in occasionem,

id. Spect. 1.

prō-tollo, ĕre, v. a.

To stretch forth or out, to bring forth (ante- and post-class.):

manum,

Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 71:

Pleiadas,

Avien. Arat. 567.—

Trop.

To prolong, protract, put off, defer, Lucil. ap. Non. 159, 23:

vitam in crastinum,

Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 43:

mortem sibi,

id. ib. 2, 8, 11:

feturam mulierum non ultra decimum mensem,

Gell. 3, 16, 15.—

To elevate, raise:

vox a minore solita ad majorem protolli,

Amm. 31, 7, 11.

prō-trăho, xi, ctum, 3 (sync. form protraxtis for protraxistis, Sil. 16, 84.— Inf. protraxe for protraxisse, Lucr. 5, 1159), v. a., to draw or drag forth, to bring forth or out, pull out, to draw to a place (class.; cf.: promo, profero).

Lit., Cels. 7, 12, 1:

aliquem e tentorio,

Tac. H. 4, 27:

me istam capillo protracturum in viam,

Plaut. Merc. 4, 4, 58:

aliquem hinc in convivium,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 10, § 24:

Calchanta in medios,

Verg. A. 2, 123:

aliquem in medium manibus suis,

Suet. Ner. 53:

ad operas mercenarias statim protrahi,

Cic. Phil. 1, 9, 22:

pedibusque informe cadaver (Caci) Protrahitur,

Verg. A. 8, 265:

multa siti protracta corpora,

Lucr. 6, 1264:

e tentorio,

Tac. H. 4, 27.—

Trop.

In gen., to drag forth, to draw or bring anywhere:

aliquid in lucem,

Lucr. 4, 1189:

ad gestum pueros,

id. 5, 1031:

quidquid paulatim protrahit aetas In medium,

id. 5, 1387 dub. (v. Lachm. II. p. 346):

indicem ad indicium,

Liv. 33, 28:

nudi in medium protrahebantur,

id. 28, 29. —

In partic.

To bring to light, discover, disclose, reveal, expose, betray:

auctorem nefandi facinoris,

Liv. 45, 5:

inimicum,

id. 44, 26:

facinus per indicium,

id. 27, 3:

publicanorum fraudes,

Vell. 2, 92, 2:

nec meus indicio latitantes versus amicus Protraheret,

Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 71.—

To lengthen out any thing as to time, to prolong, protract, defer (post-Aug.;

syn.: produco, propago): protrahere ac differre stipendia militum,

Suet. Ner. 32:

convivia in primam lucem,

id. Caes. 52; cf.:

epulas a medio die ad mediam noctem,

id. Ner. 27:

in serum dimicatione protractā,

id. Aug. 17:

sermones,

Vulg. Act. 20, 7.— Pass. in mid. force: quid diutius protrahor? why dwell longer on this? Vop. Tac. 6.— Absol.:

quinque horas protraxit,

i. e. he lingered for five hours, Suet. Ner. 33 fin. —

To weary, detain too long:

ne diutius te protraham,

Vulg. Act. 24, 4.—

To extend, increase (post-class.):

utrum hoc usque ad Graecum sermonem tantum protrahimus, an verum et ad alium... dubitari potest,

Dig. 45, 1, 1 fin.:

insolentiam,

Val. Max. 1, 5, 8 (al. pertraheret).—

To bring or reduce to:

ad paupertatem protractus,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 72.

prō-vĕho, xi, ctum, 3, v. a., to carry or conduct forwards, to carry or convey along, to conduct, convey, transport, etc., to a place; and freq. pass. in mid. signif., to go, proceed, advance, move, drive, ride, sail, etc., to a place (freq. and class.).

Lit.:

eam pol provexi: avehere non quivi,

I took her on board the ship, Plaut. Rud. 3, 6, 24:

alvos apum mulis,

Plin. 21, 13, 43, § 74:

aër a tergo quasi provehat atque propellat,

Lucr. 6, 1026.—Mid.:

cum classe freto provehi,

Caes. B. C. 2, 3; id. B. G. 5, 8:

provehimur portu,

Verg. A. 3, 72:

huc se provecti deserto in litore condunt,

id. ib. 2, 24; Plin. 6, 31, 36, § 199:

provectus equo,

Liv. 23, 47:

a terrā provectae naves,

Caes. B. C. 3, 8:

naves provectae in altum,

id. B. G. 4, 28 fin. —

Trop., to carry on, along, or forwards, to lead on; to promote, advance, exalt, raise:

ecquo te tua virtus provexisset?

promoted, exalted, Cic. Phil. 13, 11, 24:

ad summos honores alios scientia juris provexit,

Liv. 39, 40, 5; so,

quosdam infimi generis ad amplissimos honores,

Suet. Caes. 72; and:

aliquem in consulatūs, censuras et triumphos,

Vell. 2, 128; cf.:

studiosos amat, fovet, provehit,

Plin. Ep. 8, 12, 1:

vim temperatam di quoque provehunt In majus,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 66: haec spes provexit, ut ad conspecta procul pecora decurrerent, carried them so far, brought them to such a pitch, that, etc., Liv. 2, 50, 5; cf. absol.:

illo etiam (forsitan pravo) gaudio provehente, quod, etc.,

id. 40, 14:

quem e gregario milite Alexander virtutis causā provexerat,

Just. 13, 4, 10:

quos (reges) ad fastigium majestatis spectata moderatio provehebat,

id. 1, 1, 1:

quos provexerat, fortuna destitit,

Sen. Contr. 1, 1, 5:

in consulare provectus fuerat vestigium,

Vell. 2, 69, 1: vitam in altum, qs. to drive it into a sea, i. e. into disquietude, Lucr. 5, 1434.—

Mid., to advance, proceed, go onwards, make progress, etc.:

ne videlicet ultra quam homini datum est nostra provehantur,

Quint. 6, prooem. §

10: sentio me esse longius provectum quam proposita ratio postularet,

have been carried farther, have gone farther, Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 74:

quod si qui longius in amicitiā provecti essent,

id. Lael. 10, 34: provectus longius quam voluit, id. Har. [p. 1480] Resp. 20, 43:

imbecillitas in altum provehitur,

id. Tusc. 4, 18, 42:

provehi in maledicta,

Liv. 35, 48:

per altercationem ad continuas et infestas orationes provecti sunt,

Tac. H. 4, 7.—

Of speech, to draw out, protract, prolong:

orationem,

Cic. Dom. 12, 32:

quid ultra Provehor?

why do I say more? Verg. A. 3, 481.—Hence, prōvectus, a, um, P. a. of time, advanced:

eum colere coepi non admodum grandem natu, sed tamen jam aetate provectum,

Cic. Sen. 4, 10:

provectā aetate mortua est,

id. Tusc. 1, 39, 94:

provecta nox erat,

Tac. A. 13, 20:

cum aetate jam provectus esset,

Nep. Timol. 4, 1:

senectute provectior,

Arn. 6, 195; Aus. Epigr. 19:

equis provectioribus tempora cavari incipiunt,

Pall. 4, 13, 9:

aetatis provectae,

Vulg. Gen. 18, 11.

somnus, i, m. [Sanscr. svap-nas; Gr. hupnos; som-nus for sop-nus; cf.: sopor, sopio].

Lit., sleep: hostes vino domiti somnoque sepulti, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6 (Ann. v. 291 Vahl.); Lucr. 1, 133: vix aegro cum corde meo me somnus reliquit, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 52 Vahl.); cf., on the contrary: pandite sulti' genas et corde relinquite somnum, id. ap. Fest. p. 343 Müll. (Ann. v. 521 Vahl.):

somnum capere,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 115; cf. Cic. Tusc. 4, 19, 44:

somnum videre,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 82:

Caninius suo toto consulatu somnum non vidit,

Cic. Fam. 7, 30, 1:

somnum tenere,

id. Brut. 80, 278:

somno se dare,

id. Tusc. 1, 47, 113:

me artior quam solebat somnus complexus est,

id. Rep. 6, 10, 10:

puella somno fessa,

Tib. 1, 3, 88:

somno vincta,

Ov. M. 11, 238; Liv. 5, 44; Suet. Aug. 16:

hos oppressos somno,

Caes. B. C. 2, 38 fin.:

ne me e somno excitetis,

Cic. Rep. 6, 12, 12: so,

ex somno excitare aliquem,

id. Sull. 8, 24:

e somno suscitari,

id. Tusc. 4, 19, 44:

somno solutus sum,

id. Rep. 6, 26, 29:

cum ergo est somno sevocatus animus a societate,

id. Div. 1, 30, 63:

palpebrae somno coniventes,

id. N. D. 2, 57, 143:

somno languidus,

Quint. 4, 2, 106: in somnis aliquid videre, in sleep, in dreams, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 325 Müll. (Ann. v. 228 Vahl.); cf. Plaut. Curc. 2, 2, 10; Poët. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 21, 44; Cic. N. D. 1, 29, 82; id. Div. 1, 24, 49; 1, 25, 44; 1, 53, 121; 2, 70, 144; Verg. A. 2, 270; 4, 466; 4, 557 al.; so,

less freq.: per somnum,

Cic. Div. 2, 11, 27; Liv. 2, 36, 4; Verg. A. 5, 636; and:

per somnos,

Plin. 23, 1, 24, § 49; cf.: ea si cui in somno accidant, Att. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 22, 45:

datur in somnum euntibus,

Plin. 26, 8, 47, § 74:

somnum petiere,

Ov. M. 13, 676; Quint. 9, 4, 12:

ducere somnos,

i. e. protract slumber, continue to sleep, Verg. A. 4, 560 (cf.:

trahere quietem,

Prop. 1, 14, 9); so,

educere somnos,

Sil. 11, 405;

but: pocula ducentia somnos,

causing sleep, Hor. Epod. 14, 3:

verba placidos facientia somnos,

Ov. M. 7, 153:

nuces somnum faciunt,

Plin. 23, 8, 75, § 144:

odor somnum gignit,

id. 21, 19, 77, § 132:

somnum parere,

id. 19, 8, 38, § 126:

adferre,

id. 32, 2, 11, § 24:

conciliare (opp. fugare),

id. 14, 18, 22, § 117:

concitare,

id. 20, 17, 73, § 189:

adlicere,

id. 26, 3, 8, § 14:

somnos invitare,

Hor. Epod. 2, 28:

adimere,

id. C. 1, 25, 3:

avertere,

id. S. 1, 5, 15:

rumpere,

Sil. 3, 167:

perturbare,

Quint. 12, 1, 6.— Poet.:

conditque natantia lumina somnus,

Verg. G. 4, 496:

labi ut somnum sensit in artus,

Ov. M. 11, 631:

serpens,

Plin. 7, 24, 24, § 90:

graviore somno premi,

id. 9, 13, 15, § 42:

voltus in somnum cadit,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 1044:

somno cedere,

Val. Fl. 2, 71:

lumina mergere somno,

id. 8, 65:

somnus altus,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 8:

somni faciles,

Ov. H. 11, 29; cf.:

somno mollior herba,

Verg. E. 7, 45:

somni pingues,

Ov. Am. 1, 13, 7; Luc. 10, 354:

plenus,

Cels. 1, 3:

intermissus,

Quint. 10, 6, 1:

lenis et placidus,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 1075:

gravis,

id. ib. 1051:

servus ad somnum,

who keeps watch during one's sleep, Curt. 6, 11, 3.—Personified: Somnus, as a divinity, son of Erebus and Nox, Hyg. Fab. praef.; Verg. A. 5, 838; 6, 390; Ov. M. 11, 586, 11, 593; 11, 623 sq.; Stat. Th. 10, 87; Tib. 2, 1, 90 al.—

Esp., in reproachful sense, sleep, sloth, drowsiness, inactivity, slumber, idleness, etc.: corde relinquite somnum, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 343 Müll. (Ann. v. 521 Vahl.):

dediti ventri ac somno,

Sall. C. 2, 8:

somno et conviviis et delectationi nati,

Cic. Sest. 66, 138: somno et luxu pudendus, Tac. H. 2, 90:

somno indulsit,

id. A. 16, 19:

dediti somno ciboque,

id. G. 15; Vell. 2, 1, 1.—

Poet., transf.

Night:

Libra die somnique pares ubi fecerit horas,

Verg. G. 1, 208; cf. Sil. 3, 200. —

Death (mostly with adjj.):

longus,

Hor. C. 3, 11, 38:

componit lumina somno,

Sil. 5, 529:

niger,

id. 7, 633:

frigidus,

Val. Fl. 3, 178;

SO, SOMNO AETERNO SACRVM,

Inscr. Orell. 4428:

REQVIESCIT IN SOMNO PACIS,

ib. 1121.—

Of a calm at sea:

pigro torpebant aequora somno,

Stat. S. 3, 2, 73:

imbelli recubant litora somno,

id. Th. 3, 256. —

A dream: exterrita somno, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 37 Vahl.):

promissa somni,

Sil. 3, 216.

tendo ( tenno), tĕtendi, tentum and tensum, 3, v. a. and n. [root ten-, tan, v. teneo; cf. Gr. teinô].

Act., to stretch, stretch out, distend, extend, etc. (class.; cf.: extendo, explico).

Lit.

In gen.:

suntne igitur insidiae, tendere plagas?

Cic. Off. 3, 17, 68:

plagam, Pac. ap. Fest. s. v. nequitum, p. 162 Müll.: quia non rete accipitri tennitur,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 16 sq.; cf.:

retia (alicui),

Prop. 2, 32 (3, 30), 20; Hor. Epod. 2, 33; Ov. M. 4, 513; 7, 701; 8, 331 al.:

casses alicui,

Tib. 1, 6, 5:

intumescit collum, nervi tenduntur,

Col. 6, 14, 4:

chordam,

Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 55:

arcum,

to bend, Verg. A. 7, 164; Hor. C. 2, 10, 20; Ov. M. 2, 604; 5, 55; 5, 63; Stat. S. 3, 1, 51.—Hence, poet. transf.:

sagittas Arcu,

to shoot, hurl, Hor. C. 1, 29, 9; cf.:

spicula cornu,

Verg. A. 9, 606:

pariterque oculos telumque,

id. ib. 5, 508:

barbiton,

to tune, Hor. C. 1, 1, 34; cf.:

tympana tenta tonant palmis,

Lucr. 2, 618:

validā lora manu,

Ov. Am. 3, 2, 72:

vela (Noti),

to swell, Verg. A. 3, 268:

praecipiti carbasa tenta Noto,

Ov. H. 10, 30:

praetorium,

to stretch out, pitch, Caes. B. C. 3, 82: pelles in ordine tentae, Lucil. ap. Non. 181, 30:

conopia,

Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 45: grabatos restibus, Lucil. ap. Non. 181, 29:

cubilia,

Hor. Epod. 12, 12: manus ad caeli caerula templa, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 51 Vahl.); so, manus ad caelum, Caes. B. C. 2, 5; Verg. A. 3, 176:

bracchia ad caelum,

Ov. M. 6, 279; 9, 293;

for which: bracchia caelo,

id. ib. 2, 580;

9, 210: ad legatos atque exercitum supplices manus tendunt,

Caes. B. C. 2, 12; so,

manus ad aliquem,

id. B. G. 2, 13:

ad sidera palmas,

Verg. A. 1, 93:

super aequora palmas,

Ov. M. 8, 849:

ad aliquem orantia bracchia,

id. P. 2, 9, 65:

manus supplices dis immortalibus,

Cic. Font. 17, 48; cf.:

vobis supplex manus tendit patria communis,

id. Cat. 4, 9, 18; so,

manus alicui,

Caes. B. G. 7, 48; Ov. M. 3, 723; id. H. 10, 146:

manus supinas,

Liv. 3, 50, 5:

manus ripae ulterioris amore,

Verg. A. 6, 314; cf.

also: Graecia tendit dexteram Italiae,

stretches forth, reaches, Cic. Phil. 10, 4, 9; id. Prov. Cons. 4, 9:

(conjux) parvum patri tendebat Iulum,

reaches out, Verg. A. 2, 674:

tu munera supplex Tende, petens pacem,

id. G. 4, 535:

quo tendant ferrum,

aim, direct, id. A. 5, 489:

qua nunc se ponti plaga caerula tendit,

stretches itself out, extends, Lucr. 5, 481. —

In partic.:

nervum tendere, in mal. part.,

Auct. Priap. 70; cf. Mart. 11, 60, 3.—Hence, tentus, a lecherous man, Mart. 11, 73, 3; Auct. Priap. 20; 27; 34 al.; and tenta, ōrum, n., = membrum virile, Cat. 80, 6.—

Trop.: insidiae tenduntur alicui, are spread out, laid (qs. like nets), Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 46:

insidias alicui,

Sall. C. 27, 2; Suet. Caes. 35:

omnes insidias animis,

Cic. Leg. 1, 17, 47:

animum vigilem,

to strain, exert, Stat. Achill. 1, 543: longo tendit praecordia voto, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Ol. 66; cf.:

sunt quibus in Satirā videor nimis acer et ultra Legem tendere opus,

i. e. to heighten, aggravate, Hor. S. 2, 1, 2:

aestivam sermone benigno noctem,

to protract, extend, id. Ep. 1, 5, 11:

(lunam) Tanto posse minus cum Signis tendere cursum,

to direct, Lucr. 5, 631:

cursum ex acie in Capitolia,

Sil. 9, 216:

cursum ad agmina suorum,

id. 10, 73:

iter ad naves,

Verg. A. 1, 656:

iter pennis,

id. ib. 6, 240:

ad dominum iter,

Ov. M. 2, 547:

cursum unde et quo,

Liv. 23, 34, 5:

iter in Hispaniam, Auct. B. Afr. 95: cunctis civibus lucem ingenii et consilii sui porrigens atque tendens,

tendering, offering, Cic. de Or. 1, 40, 184.—

To direct one ' s self or one ' s course; to aim, strive, go, travel, march, tend, bend one ' s course in any direction (class.).

Lit.:

dubito an Venusiam tendam,

Cic. Att. 16, 5, 3:

Beneventum,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 71:

cursuque amens ad limina tendit,

Verg. A. 2, 321:

ad castra,

Liv. 9, 37:

in castra,

id. 10, 36:

ad aedes,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 89:

ad domum Bruti et Cassii,

Suet. Caes. 85:

ad portus,

Ov. M. 15, 690:

Ciconum ad oras,

id. ib. 10, 3:

ad metam,

id. ib. 15, 453; cf.:

cum alter ad alterum tenderemus,

Plin. Ep. 1, 5, 9:

unde venis? et Quo tendis?

Hor. S. 1, 9, 63; id. Ep. 1, 15, 11; id. C. 3, 3, 70:

quo tendere pergunt,

Verg. A. 6, 198; Nep. Milt. 1, 6:

tendimus huc (sc. in Orcum) omnes,

Ov. M. 10, 34 et saep. —

Of things concrete or abstract, to go, proceed, extend, stretch, etc.:

in quem locum quaeque (imago) tendat,

Lucr. 4, 179:

levibus in sublime tendentibus,

Plin. 2, 5, 4, § 11:

sursum tendit palmes,

Col. 5, 6, 28:

simulacra viis derectis omnia tendunt,

Lucr. 4, 609.— Poet., with acc. of direction:

tunc aethera tendit,

Luc. 7, 477:

dextera (via), quae Ditis magni sub moenia tendit,

Verg. A. 6, 541:

gula tendit ad stomachum, is ad ventrem,

reaches, extends, Plin. 11, 37, 66, § 176:

Taurus mons ad occasum tendens,

id. 5, 27, 27, § 97; so id. 5, 5, 5, § 35; 16, 30, 53, § 122; cf.:

Portae Caspiae, quae per Iberiam in Sarmatas tendunt,

id. 6, 13, 15, § 40:

seu mollis quā tendit Ionia,

Prop. 1, 6, 31.—

Trop.

In gen., to aim, strive, be directed or inclined, to tend in any direction:

ad reliqua alacri tendebamus animo,

Cic. Div. 2, 2, 4; cf.:

ad altiora et non concessa tendere,

Liv. 4, 13, 4:

ad majora,

Quint. 2, 4, 20; 12, 2, 27:

ad eloquium,

Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 17:

ad suum,

Liv. 4, 9, 5; cf.:

ad Carthaginienses,

id. 24, 5, 8:

cum alii alio tenderent,

id. 24, 28, 1:

in diversum sententiae tendebant,

id. 36, 10, 7: tenes, quorsum haec tendant, quae loquor, tend, look, = spectent, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 81; Hor. S. 2, 7, 21. —

To exert one ' s self, to strive, endeavor (mostly poet.); with inf.:

(Laocoon) manibus tendit divellere nodos,

Verg. A. 2, 220:

pasta (nitedula) rursus Ire foras pleno tendebat corpore frustra,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 31: captae [p. 1853] civitati leges imponere, Liv. 6, 38, 7; 24, 35; 10, 1:

quod efficere tendimus,

Quint. 9, 1, 21:

fratresque tendentes opaco Pelion imposuisse Olympo,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 51:

tendit disertus haberi,

id. Ep. 1, 19, 16:

aqua tendit rumpere plumbum,

id. ib. 1, 10, 20; Pers. 5, 139; Juv. 10, 154. — Absol.:

miles tendere, inde ad jurgium,

insists, persists, Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 12. —

In partic., to exert one ' s self in opposition, to strive, try, endeavor, contend (class. but not freq. till the Aug. per.):

nec nos obniti contra nec tendere tantum Sufficimus,

Verg. A. 5, 21; cf.: nec mora nec requies;

vasto certamine tendunt,

id. ib. 12, 553:

Petreius ubi videt Catilinam contra ac ratus erat magnā vi tendere,

Sall. C. 60, 5; cf.:

summā vi,

Liv. 32, 32, 7 Drak.:

adversus, etc.,

id. 34, 34, 1:

contra,

id. 35, 51, 6:

ultra,

id. 24, 31, 4:

acrius,

Tac. A. 2, 74; cf.:

acrius contra, ut, etc.,

Liv. 3, 15, 2; so with ut, id. 4, 7, 8; with ne, id. 4, 8, 6:

quid tendit? cum efficere non possit, ut, etc.,

what does he strive for? to what do his efforts tend? Cic. Fin. 2, 5, 16; cf.:

nihil illi tendere contra,

Verg. A. 9, 377. —

For tentoria tendere, to set up tents, to be under tents, be encamped, to encamp:

qui sub vallo tenderent mercatores,

Caes. B. G. 6, 37; cf.:

omnibus extra vallum jussis tendere, Frontin. Strat. 4, 1, 18: vallo tendetis in illo,

Luc. 7, 328:

hic Dolopum manus, hic saevus tendebat Achilles,

Verg. A. 2, 29:

legio latis tendebat in arvis,

id. ib. 8, 605:

isdem castris,

Liv. 44, 13, 12; 27, 46; 44, 5; Suet. Galb. 12; 19; cf.:

isdem hibernis tendentes,

Tac. H. 1, 55:

Lugduni tendentes,

id. ib. 1, 59:

cum multitudo laxius tenderet,

Curt. 3, 8, 18; 5, 7, 6; 7, 2, 37:

tendere in campis,

id. 10, 7, 20. — Hence, tensus, a, um, P. a., stretched out, drawn tight, strained, tense (rare):

rectissima linea tensa,

Quint. 3, 6, 83:

collum,

id. 11, 3, 82; cf.:

remissis magis quam tensis (digitis),

id. 11, 3, 99:

vox tensior (opp. remissior),

id. 11, 3, 42:

lacerti,

Luc. 7, 469:

rudentes,

id. 2, 683:

frons,

Lucr. 6, 1195:

tormento citharāque tensior,

Auct. Priap. 6 and 70.— Sup. and adv. do not occur.

tendo ( tenno), tĕtendi, tentum and tensum, 3, v. a. and n. [root ten-, tan, v. teneo; cf. Gr. teinô].

Act., to stretch, stretch out, distend, extend, etc. (class.; cf.: extendo, explico).

Lit.

In gen.:

suntne igitur insidiae, tendere plagas?

Cic. Off. 3, 17, 68:

plagam, Pac. ap. Fest. s. v. nequitum, p. 162 Müll.: quia non rete accipitri tennitur,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 16 sq.; cf.:

retia (alicui),

Prop. 2, 32 (3, 30), 20; Hor. Epod. 2, 33; Ov. M. 4, 513; 7, 701; 8, 331 al.:

casses alicui,

Tib. 1, 6, 5:

intumescit collum, nervi tenduntur,

Col. 6, 14, 4:

chordam,

Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 55:

arcum,

to bend, Verg. A. 7, 164; Hor. C. 2, 10, 20; Ov. M. 2, 604; 5, 55; 5, 63; Stat. S. 3, 1, 51.—Hence, poet. transf.:

sagittas Arcu,

to shoot, hurl, Hor. C. 1, 29, 9; cf.:

spicula cornu,

Verg. A. 9, 606:

pariterque oculos telumque,

id. ib. 5, 508:

barbiton,

to tune, Hor. C. 1, 1, 34; cf.:

tympana tenta tonant palmis,

Lucr. 2, 618:

validā lora manu,

Ov. Am. 3, 2, 72:

vela (Noti),

to swell, Verg. A. 3, 268:

praecipiti carbasa tenta Noto,

Ov. H. 10, 30:

praetorium,

to stretch out, pitch, Caes. B. C. 3, 82: pelles in ordine tentae, Lucil. ap. Non. 181, 30:

conopia,

Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 45: grabatos restibus, Lucil. ap. Non. 181, 29:

cubilia,

Hor. Epod. 12, 12: manus ad caeli caerula templa, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 51 Vahl.); so, manus ad caelum, Caes. B. C. 2, 5; Verg. A. 3, 176:

bracchia ad caelum,

Ov. M. 6, 279; 9, 293;

for which: bracchia caelo,

id. ib. 2, 580;

9, 210: ad legatos atque exercitum supplices manus tendunt,

Caes. B. C. 2, 12; so,

manus ad aliquem,

id. B. G. 2, 13:

ad sidera palmas,

Verg. A. 1, 93:

super aequora palmas,

Ov. M. 8, 849:

ad aliquem orantia bracchia,

id. P. 2, 9, 65:

manus supplices dis immortalibus,

Cic. Font. 17, 48; cf.:

vobis supplex manus tendit patria communis,

id. Cat. 4, 9, 18; so,

manus alicui,

Caes. B. G. 7, 48; Ov. M. 3, 723; id. H. 10, 146:

manus supinas,

Liv. 3, 50, 5:

manus ripae ulterioris amore,

Verg. A. 6, 314; cf.

also: Graecia tendit dexteram Italiae,

stretches forth, reaches, Cic. Phil. 10, 4, 9; id. Prov. Cons. 4, 9:

(conjux) parvum patri tendebat Iulum,

reaches out, Verg. A. 2, 674:

tu munera supplex Tende, petens pacem,

id. G. 4, 535:

quo tendant ferrum,

aim, direct, id. A. 5, 489:

qua nunc se ponti plaga caerula tendit,

stretches itself out, extends, Lucr. 5, 481. —

In partic.:

nervum tendere, in mal. part.,

Auct. Priap. 70; cf. Mart. 11, 60, 3.—Hence, tentus, a lecherous man, Mart. 11, 73, 3; Auct. Priap. 20; 27; 34 al.; and tenta, ōrum, n., = membrum virile, Cat. 80, 6.—

Trop.: insidiae tenduntur alicui, are spread out, laid (qs. like nets), Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 46:

insidias alicui,

Sall. C. 27, 2; Suet. Caes. 35:

omnes insidias animis,

Cic. Leg. 1, 17, 47:

animum vigilem,

to strain, exert, Stat. Achill. 1, 543: longo tendit praecordia voto, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Ol. 66; cf.:

sunt quibus in Satirā videor nimis acer et ultra Legem tendere opus,

i. e. to heighten, aggravate, Hor. S. 2, 1, 2:

aestivam sermone benigno noctem,

to protract, extend, id. Ep. 1, 5, 11:

(lunam) Tanto posse minus cum Signis tendere cursum,

to direct, Lucr. 5, 631:

cursum ex acie in Capitolia,

Sil. 9, 216:

cursum ad agmina suorum,

id. 10, 73:

iter ad naves,

Verg. A. 1, 656:

iter pennis,

id. ib. 6, 240:

ad dominum iter,

Ov. M. 2, 547:

cursum unde et quo,

Liv. 23, 34, 5:

iter in Hispaniam, Auct. B. Afr. 95: cunctis civibus lucem ingenii et consilii sui porrigens atque tendens,

tendering, offering, Cic. de Or. 1, 40, 184.—

To direct one ' s self or one ' s course; to aim, strive, go, travel, march, tend, bend one ' s course in any direction (class.).

Lit.:

dubito an Venusiam tendam,

Cic. Att. 16, 5, 3:

Beneventum,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 71:

cursuque amens ad limina tendit,

Verg. A. 2, 321:

ad castra,

Liv. 9, 37:

in castra,

id. 10, 36:

ad aedes,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 89:

ad domum Bruti et Cassii,

Suet. Caes. 85:

ad portus,

Ov. M. 15, 690:

Ciconum ad oras,

id. ib. 10, 3:

ad metam,

id. ib. 15, 453; cf.:

cum alter ad alterum tenderemus,

Plin. Ep. 1, 5, 9:

unde venis? et Quo tendis?

Hor. S. 1, 9, 63; id. Ep. 1, 15, 11; id. C. 3, 3, 70:

quo tendere pergunt,

Verg. A. 6, 198; Nep. Milt. 1, 6:

tendimus huc (sc. in Orcum) omnes,

Ov. M. 10, 34 et saep. —

Of things concrete or abstract, to go, proceed, extend, stretch, etc.:

in quem locum quaeque (imago) tendat,

Lucr. 4, 179:

levibus in sublime tendentibus,

Plin. 2, 5, 4, § 11:

sursum tendit palmes,

Col. 5, 6, 28:

simulacra viis derectis omnia tendunt,

Lucr. 4, 609.— Poet., with acc. of direction:

tunc aethera tendit,

Luc. 7, 477:

dextera (via), quae Ditis magni sub moenia tendit,

Verg. A. 6, 541:

gula tendit ad stomachum, is ad ventrem,

reaches, extends, Plin. 11, 37, 66, § 176:

Taurus mons ad occasum tendens,

id. 5, 27, 27, § 97; so id. 5, 5, 5, § 35; 16, 30, 53, § 122; cf.:

Portae Caspiae, quae per Iberiam in Sarmatas tendunt,

id. 6, 13, 15, § 40:

seu mollis quā tendit Ionia,

Prop. 1, 6, 31.—

Trop.

In gen., to aim, strive, be directed or inclined, to tend in any direction:

ad reliqua alacri tendebamus animo,

Cic. Div. 2, 2, 4; cf.:

ad altiora et non concessa tendere,

Liv. 4, 13, 4:

ad majora,

Quint. 2, 4, 20; 12, 2, 27:

ad eloquium,

Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 17:

ad suum,

Liv. 4, 9, 5; cf.:

ad Carthaginienses,

id. 24, 5, 8:

cum alii alio tenderent,

id. 24, 28, 1:

in diversum sententiae tendebant,

id. 36, 10, 7: tenes, quorsum haec tendant, quae loquor, tend, look, = spectent, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 81; Hor. S. 2, 7, 21. —

To exert one ' s self, to strive, endeavor (mostly poet.); with inf.:

(Laocoon) manibus tendit divellere nodos,

Verg. A. 2, 220:

pasta (nitedula) rursus Ire foras pleno tendebat corpore frustra,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 31: captae [p. 1853] civitati leges imponere, Liv. 6, 38, 7; 24, 35; 10, 1:

quod efficere tendimus,

Quint. 9, 1, 21:

fratresque tendentes opaco Pelion imposuisse Olympo,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 51:

tendit disertus haberi,

id. Ep. 1, 19, 16:

aqua tendit rumpere plumbum,

id. ib. 1, 10, 20; Pers. 5, 139; Juv. 10, 154. — Absol.:

miles tendere, inde ad jurgium,

insists, persists, Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 12. —

In partic., to exert one ' s self in opposition, to strive, try, endeavor, contend (class. but not freq. till the Aug. per.):

nec nos obniti contra nec tendere tantum Sufficimus,

Verg. A. 5, 21; cf.: nec mora nec requies;

vasto certamine tendunt,

id. ib. 12, 553:

Petreius ubi videt Catilinam contra ac ratus erat magnā vi tendere,

Sall. C. 60, 5; cf.:

summā vi,

Liv. 32, 32, 7 Drak.:

adversus, etc.,

id. 34, 34, 1:

contra,

id. 35, 51, 6:

ultra,

id. 24, 31, 4:

acrius,

Tac. A. 2, 74; cf.:

acrius contra, ut, etc.,

Liv. 3, 15, 2; so with ut, id. 4, 7, 8; with ne, id. 4, 8, 6:

quid tendit? cum efficere non possit, ut, etc.,

what does he strive for? to what do his efforts tend? Cic. Fin. 2, 5, 16; cf.:

nihil illi tendere contra,

Verg. A. 9, 377. —

For tentoria tendere, to set up tents, to be under tents, be encamped, to encamp:

qui sub vallo tenderent mercatores,

Caes. B. G. 6, 37; cf.:

omnibus extra vallum jussis tendere, Frontin. Strat. 4, 1, 18: vallo tendetis in illo,

Luc. 7, 328:

hic Dolopum manus, hic saevus tendebat Achilles,

Verg. A. 2, 29:

legio latis tendebat in arvis,

id. ib. 8, 605:

isdem castris,

Liv. 44, 13, 12; 27, 46; 44, 5; Suet. Galb. 12; 19; cf.:

isdem hibernis tendentes,

Tac. H. 1, 55:

Lugduni tendentes,

id. ib. 1, 59:

cum multitudo laxius tenderet,

Curt. 3, 8, 18; 5, 7, 6; 7, 2, 37:

tendere in campis,

id. 10, 7, 20. — Hence, tensus, a, um, P. a., stretched out, drawn tight, strained, tense (rare):

rectissima linea tensa,

Quint. 3, 6, 83:

collum,

id. 11, 3, 82; cf.:

remissis magis quam tensis (digitis),

id. 11, 3, 99:

vox tensior (opp. remissior),

id. 11, 3, 42:

lacerti,

Luc. 7, 469:

rudentes,

id. 2, 683:

frons,

Lucr. 6, 1195:

tormento citharāque tensior,

Auct. Priap. 6 and 70.— Sup. and adv. do not occur.

tendo ( tenno), tĕtendi, tentum and tensum, 3, v. a. and n. [root ten-, tan, v. teneo; cf. Gr. teinô].

Act., to stretch, stretch out, distend, extend, etc. (class.; cf.: extendo, explico).

Lit.

In gen.:

suntne igitur insidiae, tendere plagas?

Cic. Off. 3, 17, 68:

plagam, Pac. ap. Fest. s. v. nequitum, p. 162 Müll.: quia non rete accipitri tennitur,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 16 sq.; cf.:

retia (alicui),

Prop. 2, 32 (3, 30), 20; Hor. Epod. 2, 33; Ov. M. 4, 513; 7, 701; 8, 331 al.:

casses alicui,

Tib. 1, 6, 5:

intumescit collum, nervi tenduntur,

Col. 6, 14, 4:

chordam,

Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 55:

arcum,

to bend, Verg. A. 7, 164; Hor. C. 2, 10, 20; Ov. M. 2, 604; 5, 55; 5, 63; Stat. S. 3, 1, 51.—Hence, poet. transf.:

sagittas Arcu,

to shoot, hurl, Hor. C. 1, 29, 9; cf.:

spicula cornu,

Verg. A. 9, 606:

pariterque oculos telumque,

id. ib. 5, 508:

barbiton,

to tune, Hor. C. 1, 1, 34; cf.:

tympana tenta tonant palmis,

Lucr. 2, 618:

validā lora manu,

Ov. Am. 3, 2, 72:

vela (Noti),

to swell, Verg. A. 3, 268:

praecipiti carbasa tenta Noto,

Ov. H. 10, 30:

praetorium,

to stretch out, pitch, Caes. B. C. 3, 82: pelles in ordine tentae, Lucil. ap. Non. 181, 30:

conopia,

Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 45: grabatos restibus, Lucil. ap. Non. 181, 29:

cubilia,

Hor. Epod. 12, 12: manus ad caeli caerula templa, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 51 Vahl.); so, manus ad caelum, Caes. B. C. 2, 5; Verg. A. 3, 176:

bracchia ad caelum,

Ov. M. 6, 279; 9, 293;

for which: bracchia caelo,

id. ib. 2, 580;

9, 210: ad legatos atque exercitum supplices manus tendunt,

Caes. B. C. 2, 12; so,

manus ad aliquem,

id. B. G. 2, 13:

ad sidera palmas,

Verg. A. 1, 93:

super aequora palmas,

Ov. M. 8, 849:

ad aliquem orantia bracchia,

id. P. 2, 9, 65:

manus supplices dis immortalibus,

Cic. Font. 17, 48; cf.:

vobis supplex manus tendit patria communis,

id. Cat. 4, 9, 18; so,

manus alicui,

Caes. B. G. 7, 48; Ov. M. 3, 723; id. H. 10, 146:

manus supinas,

Liv. 3, 50, 5:

manus ripae ulterioris amore,

Verg. A. 6, 314; cf.

also: Graecia tendit dexteram Italiae,

stretches forth, reaches, Cic. Phil. 10, 4, 9; id. Prov. Cons. 4, 9:

(conjux) parvum patri tendebat Iulum,

reaches out, Verg. A. 2, 674:

tu munera supplex Tende, petens pacem,

id. G. 4, 535:

quo tendant ferrum,

aim, direct, id. A. 5, 489:

qua nunc se ponti plaga caerula tendit,

stretches itself out, extends, Lucr. 5, 481. —

In partic.:

nervum tendere, in mal. part.,

Auct. Priap. 70; cf. Mart. 11, 60, 3.—Hence, tentus, a lecherous man, Mart. 11, 73, 3; Auct. Priap. 20; 27; 34 al.; and tenta, ōrum, n., = membrum virile, Cat. 80, 6.—

Trop.: insidiae tenduntur alicui, are spread out, laid (qs. like nets), Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 46:

insidias alicui,

Sall. C. 27, 2; Suet. Caes. 35:

omnes insidias animis,

Cic. Leg. 1, 17, 47:

animum vigilem,

to strain, exert, Stat. Achill. 1, 543: longo tendit praecordia voto, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Ol. 66; cf.:

sunt quibus in Satirā videor nimis acer et ultra Legem tendere opus,

i. e. to heighten, aggravate, Hor. S. 2, 1, 2:

aestivam sermone benigno noctem,

to protract, extend, id. Ep. 1, 5, 11:

(lunam) Tanto posse minus cum Signis tendere cursum,

to direct, Lucr. 5, 631:

cursum ex acie in Capitolia,

Sil. 9, 216:

cursum ad agmina suorum,

id. 10, 73:

iter ad naves,

Verg. A. 1, 656:

iter pennis,

id. ib. 6, 240:

ad dominum iter,

Ov. M. 2, 547:

cursum unde et quo,

Liv. 23, 34, 5:

iter in Hispaniam, Auct. B. Afr. 95: cunctis civibus lucem ingenii et consilii sui porrigens atque tendens,

tendering, offering, Cic. de Or. 1, 40, 184.—

To direct one ' s self or one ' s course; to aim, strive, go, travel, march, tend, bend one ' s course in any direction (class.).

Lit.:

dubito an Venusiam tendam,

Cic. Att. 16, 5, 3:

Beneventum,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 71:

cursuque amens ad limina tendit,

Verg. A. 2, 321:

ad castra,

Liv. 9, 37:

in castra,

id. 10, 36:

ad aedes,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 89:

ad domum Bruti et Cassii,

Suet. Caes. 85:

ad portus,

Ov. M. 15, 690:

Ciconum ad oras,

id. ib. 10, 3:

ad metam,

id. ib. 15, 453; cf.:

cum alter ad alterum tenderemus,

Plin. Ep. 1, 5, 9:

unde venis? et Quo tendis?

Hor. S. 1, 9, 63; id. Ep. 1, 15, 11; id. C. 3, 3, 70:

quo tendere pergunt,

Verg. A. 6, 198; Nep. Milt. 1, 6:

tendimus huc (sc. in Orcum) omnes,

Ov. M. 10, 34 et saep. —

Of things concrete or abstract, to go, proceed, extend, stretch, etc.:

in quem locum quaeque (imago) tendat,

Lucr. 4, 179:

levibus in sublime tendentibus,

Plin. 2, 5, 4, § 11:

sursum tendit palmes,

Col. 5, 6, 28:

simulacra viis derectis omnia tendunt,

Lucr. 4, 609.— Poet., with acc. of direction:

tunc aethera tendit,

Luc. 7, 477:

dextera (via), quae Ditis magni sub moenia tendit,

Verg. A. 6, 541:

gula tendit ad stomachum, is ad ventrem,

reaches, extends, Plin. 11, 37, 66, § 176:

Taurus mons ad occasum tendens,

id. 5, 27, 27, § 97; so id. 5, 5, 5, § 35; 16, 30, 53, § 122; cf.:

Portae Caspiae, quae per Iberiam in Sarmatas tendunt,

id. 6, 13, 15, § 40:

seu mollis quā tendit Ionia,

Prop. 1, 6, 31.—

Trop.

In gen., to aim, strive, be directed or inclined, to tend in any direction:

ad reliqua alacri tendebamus animo,

Cic. Div. 2, 2, 4; cf.:

ad altiora et non concessa tendere,

Liv. 4, 13, 4:

ad majora,

Quint. 2, 4, 20; 12, 2, 27:

ad eloquium,

Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 17:

ad suum,

Liv. 4, 9, 5; cf.:

ad Carthaginienses,

id. 24, 5, 8:

cum alii alio tenderent,

id. 24, 28, 1:

in diversum sententiae tendebant,

id. 36, 10, 7: tenes, quorsum haec tendant, quae loquor, tend, look, = spectent, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 81; Hor. S. 2, 7, 21. —

To exert one ' s self, to strive, endeavor (mostly poet.); with inf.:

(Laocoon) manibus tendit divellere nodos,

Verg. A. 2, 220:

pasta (nitedula) rursus Ire foras pleno tendebat corpore frustra,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 31: captae [p. 1853] civitati leges imponere, Liv. 6, 38, 7; 24, 35; 10, 1:

quod efficere tendimus,

Quint. 9, 1, 21:

fratresque tendentes opaco Pelion imposuisse Olympo,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 51:

tendit disertus haberi,

id. Ep. 1, 19, 16:

aqua tendit rumpere plumbum,

id. ib. 1, 10, 20; Pers. 5, 139; Juv. 10, 154. — Absol.:

miles tendere, inde ad jurgium,

insists, persists, Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 12. —

In partic., to exert one ' s self in opposition, to strive, try, endeavor, contend (class. but not freq. till the Aug. per.):

nec nos obniti contra nec tendere tantum Sufficimus,

Verg. A. 5, 21; cf.: nec mora nec requies;

vasto certamine tendunt,

id. ib. 12, 553:

Petreius ubi videt Catilinam contra ac ratus erat magnā vi tendere,

Sall. C. 60, 5; cf.:

summā vi,

Liv. 32, 32, 7 Drak.:

adversus, etc.,

id. 34, 34, 1:

contra,

id. 35, 51, 6:

ultra,

id. 24, 31, 4:

acrius,

Tac. A. 2, 74; cf.:

acrius contra, ut, etc.,

Liv. 3, 15, 2; so with ut, id. 4, 7, 8; with ne, id. 4, 8, 6:

quid tendit? cum efficere non possit, ut, etc.,

what does he strive for? to what do his efforts tend? Cic. Fin. 2, 5, 16; cf.:

nihil illi tendere contra,

Verg. A. 9, 377. —

For tentoria tendere, to set up tents, to be under tents, be encamped, to encamp:

qui sub vallo tenderent mercatores,

Caes. B. G. 6, 37; cf.:

omnibus extra vallum jussis tendere, Frontin. Strat. 4, 1, 18: vallo tendetis in illo,

Luc. 7, 328:

hic Dolopum manus, hic saevus tendebat Achilles,

Verg. A. 2, 29:

legio latis tendebat in arvis,

id. ib. 8, 605:

isdem castris,

Liv. 44, 13, 12; 27, 46; 44, 5; Suet. Galb. 12; 19; cf.:

isdem hibernis tendentes,

Tac. H. 1, 55:

Lugduni tendentes,

id. ib. 1, 59:

cum multitudo laxius tenderet,

Curt. 3, 8, 18; 5, 7, 6; 7, 2, 37:

tendere in campis,

id. 10, 7, 20. — Hence, tensus, a, um, P. a., stretched out, drawn tight, strained, tense (rare):

rectissima linea tensa,

Quint. 3, 6, 83:

collum,

id. 11, 3, 82; cf.:

remissis magis quam tensis (digitis),

id. 11, 3, 99:

vox tensior (opp. remissior),

id. 11, 3, 42:

lacerti,

Luc. 7, 469:

rudentes,

id. 2, 683:

frons,

Lucr. 6, 1195:

tormento citharāque tensior,

Auct. Priap. 6 and 70.— Sup. and adv. do not occur.