verb transitive

prae-pando

2nd PP prae-pandĕre · conj. 3rd

to open; spread before; to spread out poetic

to open or spread before, to spread out, extend (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

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Lit., Verg. Cul. 16: vestibula, Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 80.—

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Trop.: lumina menti alicujus, Lucr. 1, 144: hibernos praepandens temporis ortus, Cic. Arat. 274 (40).

Perseus ID: n37820 Key: praepando