distentio
From LSJ
τὰ σῦκα σῦκα, τὴν σκάφην δὲ σκάφην ὀνομάζειν → call a spade a spade | speak the truth | speak straight from the shoulder | give it straight from the shoulder | give the straight goods | not to mince matters | not to mince words | not mince words | call things by their right names | call a spade a spade and a shovel a shovel | call a shovel a shovel | call a spade a spade, not a big spoon
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
distentĭo: ōnis, f. distendo,
I a stretching out, distention (very rare), Cels. 2, 4; 8, 4; Scrib. Comp. 89.—
II Trop., fullness, i. e. occupation, Vulg. Eccl. 8, 16.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
distentĭō, ōnis, f. (distendo), tension : distentio nervorum Cels. Med. 2, 4, convulsion [contraction des muscles]
