protensio

prōtensĭo, ōnis, f. [protendo].

• Lit., a stretching out: manus, Hier. Ep. 29.—
• II As a lit. transl. of πρότασις, a proposition, Ap. Dogm. Plat. 3, p. 36.

prōtēnsio, ōnis, f. (protendo), I) das Ausstrecken, dexterae manus, Hieron. vit. Paul. erem. § 7: manuum, Cassian. collat. 21, 26. – als Übersetzung von πρότασις (s. protasisno. I) b. Ps. Apul. de dogm. Plat. 3. p. 262 ed. Hildebr. (p. 265 ed. Oud.). – II) die Ausdehnung, Hilar. de trin. 5, 37. Boëth. art. geom. p. 403, 11 Fr. u.a.: Plur., ibid. p. 402, 1.

protensio [LL] 1 (act of) stretching out (before one) or extending; b (in geom. context). coercuit eos levi ~one dexterae Bede CuthbP 20; intuebatur ‥ articulorum in manibus congruam et quasi exquisitam his ~onem H. Bos. Thom. IV 4; ipso sine manus ~one sic ei dicente Obs. Barnwell 114.  b si ‥ anguli corporis equilateri paulatim occultentur, donec corpus appareat rotundum, ita quod non semel et simul occultatur tale corpus propter angulorum ~onem, tunc corpus rotundum Bacon Maj. II 114. 2 (act of) increasing in size or extent, expansion. b extent, size. de quibus videtur impendiosam [l. impendiosum] in hac brevitate ~onem nobis uti Æthelw. IV 2 p. 38.  b de ~one quarumdam mensurarum terrae (Ps.-Bede De Numerorum Divisione) PL XC 684C tit.. 3 extension (in time), duration. licet modo locuti simus de scientia Dei per modum ~onis temporalis, notissimum est tamen, nihil in eternitate esse secundum talem modum ~onis temporis Gros. 173.

prōtēnsĭō, ōnis, f. (protendo), ¶ 1 action dʼétendre [la main] : Hier. Ep. 29 ¶ 2 = πρότασις, majeure du syllogisme : Ps. Apul. Herm. 1.