sprawl
sprawl
v. intrans.
Lie P. and V. κεῖσθαι.
Be stretched: P. and V. τείνεσθαι.
v. intrans.
Lie P. and V. κεῖσθαι.
Be stretched: P. and V. τείνεσθαι.
SPRAWL
porrigere manus et crura. Sprawling stratus porrectus. To lie sprawling supinum jacere porrectis manibus et cruribus; resolutum stratis in herbis porrigi († Ov. Met. 7 254); *projectum humi jacere (if one has been struck down); projectus humi (Tac.).
porrigere manus et crura. Sprawling stratus porrectus. To lie sprawling supinum jacere porrectis manibus et cruribus; resolutum stratis in herbis porrigi († Ov. Met. 7 254); *projectum humi jacere (if one has been struck down); projectus humi (Tac.).
sprawl: Phr.: to lie s.ing on the ground, *membris temere porrectis humi jacere: he stretched him s.ing on the sand, multa porrectum extendit arena, Virg. Aen. 9, 589: cf. also Ov. M. 7, 253, in plenos resolutum somnos ... stratis porrexit in herbis, i. e. fast asleep and s.ing on the level grass. The sense may also be approached by fundo, 3: cf. Virg. 6, 422, immania terga [Cerberus] resolvit fusus humi, totoque ingens extenditur antro (the words in italics together convey the full sense of Eng.): cf. Ov. M. 13, 85, ingenti resupinum pondere fudi (sent him s.ing).