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2. pando pandi (acc. to Prisc. p. 891 P.), passum, and less freq. pansum (v. Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 567 sq.), 3, v. a., to spread out, extend; to unfold, expand [from the root pat of pateo, cf. πετάννυμι, q. v.] (syn.: explano, explico, extendo).

  1. I. Lit.: pandere palmas Ante deum delubra, Lucr. 5, 1200; so, ad solem pennas, Verg. G. 1, 398: retia, Plin. 9, 8, 9, § 29: telas in parietibus latissime, id. 29, 4, 27, § 87: aciem, to extend, deploy, = explicare, Tac. H. 2, 25; 4, 33: rupem ferro, i. e. to split, Liv. 21, 37: utere velis, Totos pande sinus, Juv. 1, 150.
          1. (β) With se or pass., to spread one’s self, stretch, open out, extend, etc.: immensa panditur planities, Liv. 32, 4: dum se cornua latius pandunt, id. 2, 31: rosa sese pandit in calices, Plin. 21, 4, 10, § 14: ubi mare coepit in latitudinem pandi, id. 6, 13, 15, § 38: si panditur ultra (gremium), i. e. is not yet full, Juv. 14, 327.
      1. 2. In partic., in econom. lang., to spread out to dry, to dry fruits: ficos pandere, Col. 2, 22, 3: uvas in sole, id. 12, 39, 1.
    1. B. Transf.
      1. 1. To throw open, to open any thing by extending it (mostly poet.; syn.: patefacio, aperio, recludo): pandite atque aperite propere januam hanc Orci, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 1, 1: pandite, sulti’, genas (i. e. palpebras), Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. genas, p. 94 Müll. (Ann. v. 521 Vahl.): dividimus muros et moenia pandimus urbis, Verg. A. 2, 234: (Cerberus) tria guttura pandens, id. ib. 6, 421: limina, id. ib. 6, 525: agros pingues, to lay open, i. e. to plough up, till, Lucr. 5, 1248: piceae tantum taxique nocentes Interdum aut hederae pandunt vestigia nigrae, disclose, Verg. G. 2, 257: torridam incendio rupem ferro pandunt, lay open, split, Liv. 21, 37, 3: pandite nunc Helicona, deae, Verg. A. 7, 641; 10, 1.
      2. 2. Mid., to open itself, to open: panduntur inter ordines viae, Liv. 10, 41: cum caudā omnis jam panditur Hydra, i. e. displays itself, Cic. Arat. 449.
  2. II. Trop.
    1. A. To spread, extend; and with se, to spread or extend itself: cum tempora se veris florentia pandunt, Lucr. 6, 359: illa divina (bona) longe lateque se pandunt caelumque contingunt, Cic. Tusc. 5, 27, 76: quaerebam utrum panderem vela orationis, id. ib. 4, 5, 9: umbriferos ubi pandit Tabrica saltus, Juv. 10, 194.
      Mid.: ab aquilone pandetur malum super omnes, Vulg. Jer. 1, 14; see also under P. a. B.
    2. B. To open: viam alicui ad dominationem, Liv. 4, 15: viam fugae, id. 10, 5.
      1. 2. In partic., to unfold in speaking, to make known, publish, relate, explain (mostly poet.): omnem rerum naturam dictis, Lucr. 5, 54: primordia rerum, id. 1, 55: res altā terrā et caligine mersas, Verg. A. 6, 267; 3, 252; 3, 479: nomen, Ov. M. 4, 679: fata, Luc. 6, 590: Hesiodus agricolis praecepta pandere orsus, Plin. H. N. 14, 1, 1, § 3.
        Hence,
    1. A. pansus, a, um, P. a., spread out, outspread, outstretched, extended (rare and mostly post-Aug.): manibus et pedibus pansis, Vitr. 3, 1: suppliciter pansis ad numina palmis, Germ. Arat. 68: sago porrectius panso, Amm. 29, 5, 48: pansis in altum bracchiis, Prud. Cath. 12, 170: panso currere carbaso, id. adv. Symm. praef. 1, 48.
    2. B. passus, a, um (cf.: ab eo, quod est pando passum veteres dixerunt, non pansum, etc., Gell. 15, 15, 1), P. a., outspread, outstretched, extended, open.
      1. 1. Lit.: velo passo pervenire, under full sail, Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 45; so, velis passis pervehi, Cic. Tusc. 1, 49, 119: passis late palmis, Caes. B. C. 3, 98: passis manibus, Plin. 7, 17, 17, § 77; Gell. 15, 15, 3: crinis passus, and more freq. in plur., crines passi, loose, dishevelled hair: capillus passus, Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 56; Caes. B. G. 1. 51; 7, 48; Liv. 1, 13; Verg. A. 1, 480 et saep.
        Hence, verba passa, loose, relaxed, i. e. prose, App. Flor. 2, 15, p. 352, 1.
      2. 2. Transf.
          1. (α) Spread out to dry (v. supra, I. 2.); hence, dried, dry: uvae, i. e. raisins, Col. 12, 39, 4; Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 4, 4 Mai; Vulg. Num. 6, 4; so, acini, Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 16: racemi, Verg. G. 4, 269: rapa, Plin. 18, 13, 34, § 127: uva passa pendilis, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 99: lac passum, boiled milk, Ov. M. 14, 274.
            Hence,
          2. (β) Transf.: rugosi passique senes, dried up, withered, Lucil. ap. Non. 12, 5 (Sat. 19, 11).
            Hence, subst.: passum, i, n. (sc. vinum), wine made from dried grapes, raisin-wine: passum nominabant, si in vindemiā uvam diutius coctam legerent, eamque passi essent in sole aduri, Varr. ap. Non. 551, 27; Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 51: passo psythia utilior, Verg. G. 2, 93; Juv. 14, 271; cf. Col. 12, 39, 1; Plin. 14, 9, 11, § 81; Pall. 11, 19, 1: passum quo ex sicciore uva est, eo valentius est, Cels. 2, 18.
      3. 3. Trop.: verba passa, prose (post-class.), App. Flor. p. 352, 1.

passum, i, n., v. 2. pando, P. a., B. 2. b.

1. passus, a, um, Part. and P. a. of 2. pando.

2. passus, a, um, Part. of patior.

3. passus, ūs, m. [from the root pat], a step, pace (cf.: gressus, gradus).

  1. I. Lit.: hinc campos celerl passu permensa parumper, Enn. ap. Non. 378, 20 (Ann. v. 74 Vahl.); Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 34; Lucr 4, 827; 877; Cic. Leg. 1, 21, 54: sequiturque patrem non passibus aequis, Verg. A. 2, 724: nec longis inter se passibus absunt, id. ib. 11, 907: rapidis ferri Passibus, id. ib. 7, 156; Ov. M. 11, 64: per litora lentis Passibus spatiari, id. ib. 2, 572: passu anili procedere, id. ib. 13, 533 et saep.: passibus ambiguis Fortuna errat, id. Tr. 5, 8, 15: caelestis (of glory), Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 18.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. A footstep, track, trace: si sint in litore passus, Ov. H. 19, 27; id. P 2, 6, 21.
    2. B. A pace, as a measure of length, consisting of five Roman feet: stadium centum viginti quinque nostros officit passus, hoc est pedes sexcentos viginti quinque, Plin. 2, 23, 21, § 85: nec exercitum propius urbem millia passuum ducenta admoverit, Cic. Phil. 7, 9, 26; id. Quint. 25, 79; id. Sest. 12, 29.