Definition of tendo, tendo, tenno
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Orthography ID = 1016314
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LEM
tendō, tendere, tetendī, tentus
tendō, tendere, tetendī, tēnsus
tennō, tennere, -, -
2 TA-
verb (3rd conjugation)
  1. to stretch, make tense, stretch out, spread out, distend, extend
  2. [of tents] to spread out, pitch, erect
  3. to stretch out, present, offer, reach, extend
  4. to aim, direct, shoot, drive
  5. to string, tune
  6. [figuratively] to lay, contrive, devise
Abbreviations
tendō (old also tennō) tetendī, tentus, or (late) tēnsus, ere 2 TA-, to stretch, make tense, stretch out, spread out, distend, extend: plagas: quia non rete accipitri tennitur, T.: retia cervis, O.: arcum, keep bent, H.: tendere doctior arcūs, O.: vela, swell, V.: cubilia, spread, H.: tenta ubera, distended, H.

—Of tents, to spread out, pitch, erect: praetorium, Cs.

—To stretch out, present, offer, reach, extend: manūs ad templa: bracchia caelo, O.: ad legatos supplices manūs, Cs.: vobis manūs: supinas manūs, L.: dexteram Italiae, reaches: civibus lucem ingeni sui, to tender: patri Iulum, hold out, V.

—To aim, direct, shoot, drive: Quo tendant ferrum, V.: sagittas Arcu, H.: spicula cornu, V.

—To string, tune: barbiton, H.

—Fig., to lay, contrive, devise: insidiae tenduntur alicui, are laid.

— To press, strain: ultra Legem tendere opus, i. e. press to extravagance, H.: Aestivam sermone benigno noctem, protract, H.

—Of a way or course, to direct, pursue, turn, wend: iter ad naves, V.: unde et quo cursum, L.

—To direct oneself, hold a course, aim, strive, go, move, march, drive, tend, bend: Venusiam: cursuque amens ad limina tendit, V.: ad castra, L.: unde venis? et Quo tendis? H.

—To extend, stretch, reach: (via), quae sub moenia tendit, V.

—To set up tents, be under tents, be encamped, encamp: sub vallo, Cs.: legio latis tendebat in arvis, V.: in angusto, L.: laxius, Cu.

— Fig., to aim, strive, be directed, be inclined, tend: ad reliqua alacri animo: ad altiora, L.: ad eloquium, O.: cum alii alio tenderent, L.: Non dices, quorsum haec tendant, tend, H.

—To be persistent, make exertion, exert oneself, strive, endeavor, contend, struggle: miles tendere inde ad iurgium, persists, T.: vasto certamine tendunt, V.: videt Catilinam magnā vi tendere, S.: patres, adversus quos tenderet, L.: senatu minus in praeturā tendente, making less opposition in the case of the praetorship, L.: quid tendit? cum efficere non possit, ut, etc., what does he strive for?: nihil illi tendere contra, V.: manibus tendit divellere nodos, V.: Ire foras tendebat frustra, H.: captae civitati leges imponere, L.: aqua tendit rumpere plumbum, H.
 
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