subpandere

subpandere [CL sub-+pandere], to spread (one's palms) upwards. 742 suspansis [vv. ll. suspensis, expansis] ad aethera palmis Deo gratias egimus Bonif. Ep. 50 p. 81 (cf. Ep. Bonif. 45: 739 extensis ad caelum palmis gratias retulimus).