protentis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →protendo, protendere, protendi, protentus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
stretch out/forth, extend, distend; hold out; prolong; lengthen;
abl. pl. perf. pass. part.dat. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Liber IX
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...haud totam: uigilat pars magna comarum defenduntque caput protenti crinibus hydri, pars iacet in medios uoltus oculisque tenebras..."Liber XIV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...velut cuneo erupit. idem auxiliarium impetus; et eques protentis hastis perfringit quod obvium et validum erat. ceteri terga..."