ex -porrĭgo, rexi, rectum, 3 (contr. imper. exporge, Ter. Ad. 839), v. a., to stretch out, spread out, extend (ante-class. and post-Aug.).
I Lit.: equites in longitudinem, Auct. B. Afr. 78, 4: munitiones, id. 42 fin. : crura exporrigentia se, Plin. 11, 48, 108, § 216: se (polypi), id. 9, 30, 48, § 91: hinc orti montes longo se jugo exporrigunt, Mel. 1, 19, 13: sesamam in sole, Plin. 18, 10, 23, § 98: illic purpureo latus exporrecta cubili, stretched out , Prud. Hamart. 856: exporrecto labello, i. e. protruded , Pers. 3, 82: exporge frontem, i. e. unwrinkle , smooth , clear up , Ter. Ad. 839. —*
II Trop.: menses et annos et longam seriem, Sen. Brev. Vit. 9: secundum vires tuas exporrigens da pauperi, Vulg. Sirach, 14, 13.