dis-tendō dī, tus, ere, to stretch asunder, stretch out, extend: bracchia, O.: novem Iugeribus distentus, O.: hostium copias, L.

— To swell out, distend, stuff, fill: horrea, Tb.: ubera lacte, V.

— To divide, separate: copias hostium, L.

— Fig., to divide, distract, perplex: in duo bella curas hominum, L.: animos, L.