stretch before
stretch before or in front:
A. Trans.:
1. obtendo, di, tum, 3: in defence of the hero to s. a mist in front (of him), pro viro nebulam o., Virg. Aen. 10, 82: a membrane is s.'d before (or in front of) the eyes, oculis membrana obtenditur, Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 153.
2. praetendo, di, tum, 3: s. the fumes in front (of the hive ) with the hand, fumos p. manu, Virg. G. 4, 230.
B. Intrans.:
1. obtendo, di, tum, 3: Britain s.s in front of Germany, Britannia Germaniae obtenditur, Tac. Agr. 10.
2. praetendo, di, tum, 3: a nation s.ing widely in front of our provinces, gens nostris provinciis late praetenta, id. A. 2, 56: cf. praetenta Syrtibus arva, Virg. Aen. 6, 60.
A. Trans.:
1. obtendo, di, tum, 3: in defence of the hero to s. a mist in front (of him), pro viro nebulam o., Virg. Aen. 10, 82: a membrane is s.'d before (
2. praetendo, di, tum, 3: s. the fumes in front (
B. Intrans.:
1. obtendo, di, tum, 3: Britain s.s in front of Germany, Britannia Germaniae obtenditur, Tac. Agr. 10.
2. praetendo, di, tum, 3: a nation s.ing widely in front of our provinces, gens nostris provinciis late praetenta, id. A. 2, 56: cf. praetenta Syrtibus arva, Virg. Aen. 6, 60.