protendite
Dictionary entries
- Entry →protendo, protendere, protendi, protensus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
stretch out/forth, extend, distend; hold out; prolong, lengthen;; stretch out/forth, extend, distend; hold out; prolong; lengthen;
pl. pres. act. imp. 2nd
Examples
Phoenissae
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...uolet, ferri pedem. Ibo, ibo, qua praerupta protendit iuga Meus Cithaeron; qua peragrato celer Per saxa monte iacuit..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...faceret. Data ergo acceptaque ex more patrio fide, protendit ramum oleae a Tutela navigii raptum, atque in colloquium..."