porrectio
κακῆς ἀπ΄ἀρχῆς γίγνεται τέλος κακόν. → from a bad beginning comes a bad end (Euripides' Aeolus fr. 32)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
porrectĭo: ōnis, f. 1. porrigo,
I a stretching out, extending, extension: digitorum (opp. contractio), Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 150: bracchii, Auct. Her. 3, 15, 27.—
II Concr., a straight line (opp. circinatio), Vitr. 10, 3, 8.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
porrēctĭō, ōnis, f. (porrigo),
1 allongement : Cic. Nat. 2, 150
2 ligne droite : Vitr. Arch. 10, 3, 8.
Latin > German (Georges)
porrēctio, ōnis, f. (porrigo), I) das Ausstrecken, celeris brachii, Cornif. rhet. 3, 27: digitorum (Ggstz. contractio), Cic. de nat. 2, 150: manuum suarum, Cassian. collat. 3, 13: quae (arbor) ramorum suorum porrectione toto orbe diffunditur, Augustin. epist. 185, 22. – II) konkret, die gerade Linie (Ggstz. circinatio), Vitr. 10, 3 (8), 9.
