dilatatio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

dīlātātĭo, ōnis, f. [dilato],

an extending, enlarging (late Lat.): laminae, Tert. Anim. 37 fin. : superiorum, id. Praescr. 47: cordis, Vulg. Prov. 21, 4.