intentō āvī, ātus, āre, intens. intendo, to aim, direct, wield in hostility, stretch threateningly: dolor ardentīs faces intentat: pauci Romanum imperium intentantes, i. e. holding up as a threat, L.: haec sica intentata nobis est: Praesentemque viris intentant omnia mortem, threaten, V.: arma Latinis: in Appium manūs, L.