dī-vārĭco

I. perf., ātum, 1, v. a. and n.

I. Act., to spread asunder, to stretch apart (very rare): taleas super terram, Cato R. R. 45 fin.: tigna, Vitr. 10, 2: hominem in ea statua, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 40: divaricatis cruribus, Prud. στεφ. 5, 252; cf. pedibus, Amm. 22, 11.—*

II. Neutr., to be spread out: ungulae, Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 8.