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|lshtext=<b>porrīgo</b>: ĭnis, f.,<br /><b>I</b> the scurf, dandruff on the [[head]], Cels. 6, 2; Plin. 20, 6, 23, § 53; 20, 6, 27, § 69; 28, 11, 46, § 163; 32, 4, 14, § 35; Hor. S. 2, 3, 126.—Also of [[other]] [[hairy]] parts of the [[body]], Scrib. Larg. 243.—Of animals, [[perhaps]] the [[mange]]: porci, Juv. 2, 80.<br /><b>porrĭgo</b>: rexi, rectum, 3 (contr. form [[porgo]], porgite, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 26, and Verg. A. 8, 274:<br /><b>I</b> porge, Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 18; Aus. Idyll. 4, 37: porgebat, Sil 9, 458: porgens, Val. Fl. 2, 656: porgi, Stat. Th. 8, 755: porxit, id. S. 2, 1, 204; cf.: antiqui [[etiam]] porgam dixerunt pro porrigam, Fest. p. 218 Müll.—Acc. to Lachmann, Hor. S. 2, 6, 59, [[instead]] of perditur, we should [[read]] porgitur; v. [[perdo]] init.), v. a. por, = pro, and [[rego]], to [[stretch]] or [[spread]] [[out]] [[before]] one's [[self]], to [[put]] [[forth]], [[reach]] [[out]], [[extend]] ([[class]].; syn. [[extendo]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen.: jam [[dudum]], si des, porrexi manum, Plaut. Ps. 4. 7, 49: [[animal]] membra porrigit, contrahit, Cic. Div. 1, 53, 120: manum ad tradendam pyxidem, id. Cael. 26, 63: [[crus]], Liv. 8, 8: [[caelo]] bracchia, Ov. M. 1, 767: aciem latius, Sall. J. 52, 6.— Pass., to [[stretch]] or [[spread]] one's [[self]] [[out]], to be stretched [[out]], extended: ([[Tityos]]) per tota [[novem]] cui jugera [[corpus]] Porrigitur, extends, Verg. A. 6. 596: [[porrectus]] somno, Stat. Achill. 2, 75: [[serpens]] in longam porrigi alvum, Ov. M. 4, 574; cf.: [[serpens]] [[centum]] [[porrectus]] in ulnas, Sil. 6, 153; Trogus ap. Plin. 11, 52, 114, § 275.—So freq. of localities, to [[stretch]] [[out]], [[extend]], to [[lie]] ([[mostly]] [[post]]-Aug.): [[cubiculum]] porrigitur in solem, Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 23: cujus (loci) [[pars]] colles erant, [[pars]] in planitiem porrigebatur, Tac. A. 13, 38: [[Creta]] [[inter]] ortum occasumque porrigitur, Plin. 4, 12, 20, § 58; Just. 42, 2. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[lay]] at [[full]] [[length]], to [[stretch]] on the [[ground]] ([[rare]]): in plenos resolutum carmine somnos, Exanimi similem, stratis porrexit in herbis, Ov. M. 7, 254: utrumque ab equis ingenti porrigit arvo, Val. Fl. 6, 553: in [[spatium]] [[ingens]] ruentem porrexit hostem, Liv. 7, 10 fin.; Mart. Spect. 15.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[hold]] [[forth]], [[reach]] [[out]], to [[offer]], [[present]]: dexteram alicui, Cic. Deiot. 3, 8: dextram, Plin. 11, 45, 103, § 250: bona alicui, Cic. N. D. 3, 34, 84; cf.: munera, Ov. M. 8, 95: pocula, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 92: [[gladium]] alicui ad occidendum hominem, Cic. Mil. 3, 9; Ov. P. 3, 1, 13: manum sani medicis porrigunt, Sen. Tranq. 2, 1.—Prov.: maritali porrigere ora [[capistro]], to [[present]] his [[head]] to the [[marriage]] [[halter]], Juv. 6, 43.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Porrigere manum, in voting, to [[put]] [[forth]] or [[hold]] up the [[hand]], Cic. Fl. 6, 15.—Hence, transf., i. q. to [[express]] one's [[assent]] or [[approval]]: [[quare]] si tu [[quoque]] huic sententiae manum porrigis, Symm. Ep. 7, 15.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> To [[protract]], [[prolong]] (syn. [[prolato]]): [[iter]], App. M. 2, 14; 6, 3; so of the [[quantity]] of a [[syllable]]: syllabam, Quint. 1, 6, 32; cf.: ut [[aliquis]] impetum morbi trahendo effugiat, porrigaturque in id [[tempus]], etc., i. e. be kept [[alive]], supported, Cels. 2, 5.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> (Acc. to I. B. 2.) To [[offer]], to [[grant]] a [[thing]]: [[praesidium]] clientibus porrigere [[atque]] tendere, Cic. de Or. 1, 40, 184: et mihi [[forsan]], [[tibi]] [[quod]] negarit, Porriget [[hora]], Hor. C. 2, 16, 32.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Manus ad (in) aliquid porrigere, to [[reach]] [[after]], [[strive]] for, [[seek]] to [[obtain]] ([[mostly]] [[post]]-Aug.): Lydiam cepisti ... jam [[etiam]] ad pecora nostra avaras et insatiabiles [[manus]] porrigis, Curt. 7, 8, 19: [[fames]] me appellat, ad proxima quaeque porrigatur [[manus]], Sen. Ep. 119, 4; id. Ben. 5, 14, 2; id. Cons. Polyb. 17, 1; Val. Max. 9, 1, 2; Lact. 7, 15, 5: [[manus]] suas in orientem occidentemque porrexit, id. Mort. Pers. 3 fin.; cf.: [[pecunia]] deesse coepit, [[neque]] quo [[manus]] porrigeret suppetebat, [[nisi]], etc., Nep. [[Dion]], 7, 2.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> Se porrigere, to [[extend]], [[reach]], [[spread]] itself: jam [[fortuna]] Romana se ad orientalia regna porrigere coeperat, Just. 39, 5, 3: [[quis]] [[gradus]] [[ulterior]], quo se tua porrigat ira, restat? Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 5.—[[porrectus]], a, um, P. a., stretched [[out]], extended, [[long]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit.: porrecta ac aperta loca, Caes. B. G. 2, 19: [[locus]], Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 41: [[syllaba]], [[long]], Quint. 1, 7, 14; cf. [[mora]], [[long]], protracted, Ov. P. 4, 12, 14: [[senex]], stretched [[out]], i. e. [[dead]], Cat. 67, 6; cf. in [[double]] [[sense]]: tuam amicam [[video]]. Ca. Ubi ea'st? Ps. Eccam in tabellis porrectam, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 34.—Comp.: porrectior [[acies]], Tac. Agr. 35 fin.: porrectior [[frons]], i. e. [[more]] [[cheerful]] (opp. contractior), Plaut. Cas. 2, 4, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Subst.: porrectum, i, n.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> Extent: Thessaliae in porrectum [[longitudo]], Plin. 4, 9, 16, § 32. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> A [[straight]] [[line]], Vitr. 10, 8.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>c</b> A [[plain]], Dig. 8, 3, 8.—Plur., Min. Fel. 17, 10. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop., widespread, extended: famaque et imperī Porrecta majestas ad ortum Solis ab Hesperio cubili, Hor. C. 4, 15, 15.— Hence, adv.: porrectē, [[widely]], [[extensively]], [[far]] ([[post]]-[[class]].).—Comp.: porrectius [[ire]], [[farther]], Amm. 21, 9, 1; 29, 5, 48.

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