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(supinas) manus ad caelum tendere

to raise the hands to heaven (attitude of prayer).

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  • supinus = ὕπτιος, bent backwards; supinae manus, with the palms turned up. The opposite of supinus is pronus, e.g. puerum imponere equo pronum in ventrem, postea sedentem (Varr.); pecora quae natura prona finxit (Sall.)
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Submitted on October 09, 2019

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