protractio

prōtractĭo, ōnis, f. [protraho],

• a drawing out, lengthening, protraction (post-class.), Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 12.

prōtractio, ōnis, f. (protraho), I) die Ausdehnung, Dehnung, nervorum, Th. Prisc. 2, 10. – od. die Verlängerung, der Zug, Macr. somn. Scip. 1, 12, 5. – II) das Hinausziehen in der Zeit, nullis protractionibus evitari, Cassiod. var. 12, 2, 5.

protractio [LL] 1 (act of) dragging, pulling, or drawing forth; b (w. ref. to drawing of criminal). officia ‥ versus exprimit: ‘Clotho colum bajulat, Lachesis trahit, Atropos occat’. Clotho interpretatur evocatio, Lachesis ~o, Atropos sine conversione Natura Deorum 2.  b s1322 sed ob reverentiam regii sanguinis pena ~onis est remissa, suspensio suspensa V. Ed. II 270; s1381 ob quam causam ‥ decreverunt omnes repertos sceleratiores ‥ protraxione, suspensione punire Wals. HA II 20. 2 (act of) lengthening or extending (in quot. w. ref. to extending or ‘drawing’ of a conceptual line through space). possunt omnia que pertinent ad illuminationes et ~ones radiorum in celestibus verificari Bacon Maj. I 130. 3 (act of) drawing (a line, in quot. by scratching or otherwise marking into a surface). b line. c figure, diagram (made primarily of lines, in quot. in geom. context). d drawing, portrayal, representation, illustration. numerat ‥ lapis iste virgis seu lineis annos bufonis, quia quot sunt ejus anni tot distinguetur lapis ~onibus Neckam NR II 121.  b pro ‘novem’ [constituas] angelum albissima veste indutum habente novem ~ones rubissimas transversatiles, tres superius, tres inferius, et tres in medio, que tibi significent novem ordines angelorum Bradw. AM 245.  c ~onibus arismeticis ostensis ‥ V. Edm. Rich B 618; ostensis ~onibus que in illa solent fieri facultate V. Edm. Rich C 600; ostensis que in illa sunt facultate ~onibus V. Edm. Rich P 1787E; ut in ~one figurali manifestum est Bacon II 39 (v. protractare 2).  d non tantum literis, verum etiam ~onibus quibusdam et quasi picturis variis Gir. Catal. Brevior 422; 1240 depingi faciat caminum camere [regine] et in eo protrahi imaginem hyemis qui tam vultu tristi quam aliis corporis ~onibus miseris ipsi hyemi merito possit assimilari Liberate 14 m. 20; figurarum simplicium et compositarum protraxiones patent antea in suis capitulis, sc. de largis, longis, brevibus, semibrevibus, minimis, et simplis Wals. Mus. Mens. 98. 4 (act of) causing to increase in duration, prolonging, protracting, extending: a (in time); b (of action); c (of spoken or, transf., written expression). a 1312 una cum ‥ constitucionibus per labentis ~onem temporis a memoriis hominum ‥ fere ‥ jam sublatis Conc. II 416a.  b de prolixa ~one divinorum officiorum nusquam fastidium passus erat, quanquam ultra meridiem protelabantur Blakman Hen. VI 6.  c de verborum ~one se excusat H. Bos. LM 1342D tit.; si de hujusmodi fieret inquisitio longa, fieri posset loquele ~o Bracton f. 352; verum quia opus nostrum ad inutilem ~onem ducere superfluum esset Gerv. Tilb. II 20. 5 (act of) prolonging or protracting (so as to cause or with the result of causing delay), delay. 1296 abinvicem separati remanserant biennio ‥ jam elapso, infra quod tempus nichil super hoc actum extitit aut processum. ne igitur ‥ ulteriori ~one morosa diucius sic separati remaneant Reg. Cant. I 111; 1359 ut sic cum dilacionibus et ~onibus tempus eluderet, et sub pacifici tractatus velamine ‥ ad actus bellicosos commodius se pararet Conc. III 42a. 6 (act of) causing (person) to wait (for something), delaying. 1295 ut officialis ‥ cujus damnosa sepius reputatur absencia ‥ in rescribendo se ‥ sine morosa ~one petencium expeditum exhibeat, et ad justas peticiones receptas cito ‥ rescribat Conc. II 204b.

prōtractĭō, ōnis, f. (protraho), prolongement [dʼune ligne] : Macr. Scip. 1, 12, 5 || [fig.] ajournement : Cassiod. Var. 12, 2.