expando
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expandentes Verb: present active participle masculine nominative plural, Verb: present active participle feminine nominative plural, Verb: present active participle masculine accusative plural, Verb: present active participle masculine vocative plural, Verb: present active participle feminine accusative plural, Verb: present active participle feminine vocative plural of expando
ex-pando, pandi, pansum or passum (the former, Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 228; 9, 33, 52, § 103; 31, 6, 37, § 70; the latter, Caecil. ap. Gell. 15, 15, 2; but in Tac. H. 5, 13, very dub., the more prob. reading being exapertae, v. Orell. ad h. l.), 3, v. a., to spread out, spread apart, to expand (mostly post-Aug.; not in Cic.).
- I Lit.: haec nuntiasse et flammeum expassum domi, Caecil. ap. Gell. 15, 15, 2: vestes supra fontem frigidum, Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 228: vellera circa navim, id. 31, 6, 37, § 70: alas (grues), id. 10, 38, 54, § 111: ficus in sole, Col. 12, 15, 3: herbas sub umbra, id. 12, 13, 2 et saep.—Mid.: vagus ille, cum expanditur, amnis (Nilus), Plin. Pan. 30, 4.—*
- II Trop.: rerum naturam dictis, to lay open, unfold, explain, Lucr. 1, 126.
ex-pando, pandī, pānsum u. passum, ere, auseinanderspannen, -breiten, ausspannen, ausbreiten, I) eig.: alas, Plin.: alas suas, Hieron.: florem, v. der Rose (Ggstz. comprimere florem), Plin.: ficus in sole, Col.: luxuriae spolia per ordinem expandere (Ggstz. in unum acervum dare), Sen. – expassae delubri fores, weit aufgetan, -geöffnet, Tac. – refl. se exp. u. medial expandi = sich ausdehnen, sich ausbreiten, v. Örtl., Mela: v. Flüssen, Mela u. Plin. pan. – II) übtr., aufklären, klar darlegen, rerum naturam dictis, Lucr. 1, 126.
See: expandere
expandō, (13) ī, ānsum ou assum, ĕre, tr., ¶ 1 étendre, ouvrir, déplier, déployer, étaler : vestes supra fontem frigidum Plin. 2, 228, étendre ses vêtements au-dessus dʼune source fraîche ; alas Plin. 10, 111, déployer ses ailes || exposer à lʼair : Col. Rust. 12, 15, 3 ¶ 2 [fig.] développer, expliquer : Lucr. 1, 127.
- 1. (postklass.) uitspreiden, uitspannen [alas];
- 2. (postklass.) wijd openzetten [fores];
- 3. (Lucr.) duidelijk uitleggen, verklaren [rerum naturam dictis].