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stretching

stretching, stretching out (subs.):

1. intentio: a s. out of the body, i. corporis, Cic. Tusc. 1, 10, 20: a s. out of the sinews, i. nervorum, Col. 6, 6, init.: v. TENSION.

2. intensio (like preced.): Sen. Q. N. 2, 6, 2: v. TENSION.

3. porrectio, prōlātio, etc.: v. EXTENSION.

4. prōjectio (a throwing forwards): a s. out of the arm, p. (opp. contractio), Cic. Or. 18, 59.

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