pando, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [for spando; root spa-; Sanscr. spha-, spread, grow; Gr. σπάω; cf. spatium].
I Act. , to bend , bow , curve any thing (cf.: flecto, curvo): pandant enim posteriora, Quint. 11, 3, 122: manus leviter pandata, id. 11, 3, 100. —
β Mid., to bend itself , to bend : in inferiora pandantur, Plin. 16, 42, 81, § 223; 16, 39, 74, § 189; 16, 40, 79, § 219: apes sarcinā pandatae, id. 11, 10, 10, § 21: firmiora juga sunt alliganda, ut rigorem habeant nec pandentur onere fructuum, Col. 4, 16 fin. —
II Neutr. , to bend itself , to bend : ulmus et fraxinus celeriter pandant, Vitr. 2, 9; 6, 11.