To extend: to stretch out: to continue: to pro. long: to make longer. Extendere in proceritatem. Columella. To stretch vppe in height. Extenditur in maiorem partem noctis subsolanus. Plinius. The easte winde continueth to blow the moste part of the night. Vltra extendere. Quin. Acies extenditur. Curtius. The armie is set broder or longer. Ibi suam ætatem extendebant, non in latebrosis locis. Plau. There they spent their time, and not, &c. Aeuum extendere Sil. To liue long, to prolong his age. Agros. Hor. To enlarge his landes greatly. Extendere amplitudinem dicitur lacus. Plini. To waxe bigger: to spreade larger. Extendere aures dicitur oratio, quæ nimis lenta est: obruere, quæ nimis rapidè voluitur. Seneca. Bellum extendere. Sil. To prolong. Colos. Stat. Vide COLVS. Consulatum. Plin. iun. To prolong his consulship. Curas extendere in annum venientem. Virgil. To deferre some parte of his care vntil the next yeare. Cursus extendere. Virg. Extendere dies & Contrahere, contraria. Seneca. To lengthen. Extendere epistolam. Plinius. iunior. To continue his epistle longer. Famam factis. Virg. By his noble acces to spreade larger his name. Iter. Liu. To make a greate iourney. Nomen suum latè extendere in vltimas oras. Horat. Prælia extendere. Sil. Preces. Plinius iunior. To vse long intreatie, or muche desire. Extendere pugnam in longum spatium. Liuius. To prolong the battel: to sight long. Rura longa extendere. Lucan. To possesse a greate extente of grounde. Extendere se magnis itineribus. Cæsa. To go forwarde with great iourneies. In Africam quoque spem extenderunt. Liu. They hoped to attaine to Affricke also. Extendere se supra vires. Liuius. To enterprise or assaie more than he can doe. Extendere omnes imperij vires. Li. To assaie with the whole power of the Empire. Virtutem extendere factis. Virg.

I. Lit.: (vincla escaria) quam magis extendas, tanto astringunt artius, Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 19: idem Crassus, Per tuas statuas cum dixit et extento bracchio paululum etiam de gestu addidit, vehementius risimus, Cic. de Or. 2, 59, 242; for which: (Zeno) cum extensis digitis adversam manum ostenderet, id. Ac. 2, 47, 145: manum, Quint. 11, 3, 119; cf. Cels. 7, 23 fin.: cervicem, Vell. 2, 70, 2: crura ad longitudinem, Plin. 10, 64, 84, 183: cutem, to stretch out, smooth out, id. 32, 6, 21, 65: chartam malleo, id. 13, 12, 26, 82: lineam, id. 9, 59, 85, 182: capita tignorum, Caes. B. C. 2, 9, 1: cornua aciei, Curt. 4, 13 fin.; cf.: agmen ad mare, id. 3, 9 fin.: majores pennas nido, Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 21: extendit pectitque comas, Juv. 6, 496: labellum, to stretch as in pouting, id. 14, 325: gladios, to forge, id. 15, 168.—Mid.: jussit et extendi campos, subsidere valles, to extend themselves, spread out, Ov. M. 1, 43: ignis extenditur per campos, spreads, Verg. A. 10, 407; and: cum ad summum palum vitis extenta est, Col. 4, 20, 3: fusus humi totoque ingens extenditur antro, stretches himself out, Verg. A. 6, 423.—Prov.: ire per extentum funem, to walk on a tight rope, i. e. to perform a very difficult feat, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 210 (Gr. e)pi\ sxoini/ou peripatei=n).

II. Trop., to extend, increase, enlarge, lengthen, spread.

A. In gen.: epistolam, Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 20: agros (populus Rom. victor), to extend, Hor. A. P. 208: verba (opp. corripere), Quint. 10, 1, 29: perculit et multa moribundum extendit arenā, stretched out, extended, Verg. A. 5, 374; 9, 589: tam immodice epistulam extendi, ut, etc., Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 16; 3, 5, 20; 5, 15, 7: famam factis, Verg. A. 10, 468; cf.: nomen in ultimas oras, Hor. C. 3, 3, 45: cupiditatem gloriae, Liv. 28, 43, 5: spem in Africam quoque, id. 24, 48, 1: artem suam per hanc successionem, Petr. 140: pretia usque eo extendens, ut, etc., Suet. Calig. 38: extentis itineribus, by forced marches, Liv. 30, 19, 1: cursus, to proceed, Verg. A. 12, 909: partitionem ultra tres propositiones, Quint. 4, 5, 3: voluntatem suam ad ulteriores, Dig. 32, 1, 33: officium suum ad lapidum venditionem, ib. 20, 4, 21: cum se magnis itineribus extenderet, i. e. was exerting himself, Caes. B. C. 3, 77 fin.: se supra vires, Liv. 34, 4, 15: magis ille extenditur, is excited, Juv. 11, 169.—

B. In partic., of time, to extend, prolong, continue; to spend, pass: ab hora tertia cum ad noctem pugnam extendissent, Liv. 27, 2, 6: comissationes ad mediam noctem, Suet. Tit. 7: labores in horam quintam, Mart. 4, 8, 3: luctus suos, Val. Max. 1, 1, 15: curas venientem in annum, extends his thoughts to the coming year, Verg. G. 2, 405: tempus epularum, Plin. Pan. 49, 5; consulatum, id. ib. 61, 6; extento aevo vivere, Hor. C. 2, 2, 5; Sil. 3, 95: suam aetatem, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 26: se ad centesimum annum, i. e. vitam, Val. Max. 5, 2 ext. 4.— Hence,

1. extentus, a, um, P. a., extended, extensive, wide: mare, fontes extentaque longe flumina, Lucr. 1, 230 Lachm. N. cr. (al. externa): stagna latius Lucrino lacu, Hor. C. 2, 15, 3: oculi, wide open, Quint. 11, 3, 76: sonus (lusciniae), drawn out, prolonged, Plin. 10, 29, 43, 82.—Sup.: castra inter confragosa omnia praeruptaque quam extentissima potest valle locat, Liv. 21, 32, 9 Drak. N. cr.: spatia, Sol. 52.—Adv.: ex-tente, widely; only comp.: quadratus eminet stilus extentius, Amm. 23, 4, 2 (dub.): porrecto extentius brachio, id. 18, 6, 13.—

2. extense, adv., at length, extensively (post-class.): dominus extensius ista disponit, Tert. Idol. 2.