subtendo

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

sub-tendo, no perf., tum, 3, v. a. and n.

I Act. , to stretch underneath : lectos loris, Cato R. R. 10, 5; 10, 25.—*

II Neutr. , to extend underneath : linea, Front. Expos. Form. p. 32 Goes.