tendo, tendere, tetendi, tensus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
stretch/spread/extend; distend; aim/direct weapon/glance/steps/course; strive;
Conjugations
Finite Forms
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | tendo | tendimus |
| 2 | tendis | tenditis |
| 3 | tendit | tendunt |
Infinitives
| Voice | Tense | Forms |
|---|---|---|
| active | present | tendere |
| active | perfect | tetendisse |
| passive | present | tendi |
Imperatives
active
present
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | tende | tendite |
future
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | tendito | tenditote |
| 3 | tendito | tendunto |
passive
present
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | tendere | tendimini |
future
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | tenditor | — |
| 3 | tenditor | tenduntor |
Participles
Perfect Passive Participle
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | tensus | tensi |
| Gen. | tensi | tensorum |
| Dat. | tenso | — |
| Acc. | tensum | tensos |
| Voc. | tense | tensi |
| Abl. | tenso | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | tensa | tensae |
| Gen. | tensae | tensarum |
| Dat. | tensae | — |
| Acc. | tensam | tensas |
| Voc. | tensa | tensae |
| Abl. | tensa | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | tensum | tensa |
| Gen. | tensi | tensorum |
| Dat. | tenso | — |
| Acc. | tensum | tensa |
| Voc. | tensum | tensa |
| Abl. | tenso | — |
Supines
accusative: tensum; ablative: tensu
Examples
- A
Liber VI
Aulus Gellius
"...lovo lelouka, sic igitur mordeo "memordi", posco "peposci", tendo "tetendi", tango "tetigi", pungo "pepugi", curro "cecurri", tollo "tetuli..." - L
Liber V
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...nolueris per devia ducere, facilius ad id quo tendo perveniam; nam, ut ait ille tragicus, 'veritatis simplex oratio..." - L
Oedipus
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...cadunt medentes, morbus auxilium trahit. Adfusus aris supplices tendo manus matura poscens fata, praecurram ut prior patriam ruentem..." - L
Hercules [Oetaeus]
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...parente, cuspidem in fratrem tuum iaculare, Pallas. Supplices tendo manus ad te, nouerca: sparge tu saltem, precor, telum..." - G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...Despoliatus ergo, immo praecisa ultione retro ad deversorium tendo, paulatimque temeritate laxata coepi grassatoris audaciae gratias agere..." 
Liber Septimus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...datur, hasque manus, ut possum, a litore tendo. ipsae quas mecum per mille pericula traxi defecere deae. spes..."
Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...Pierio tua fortior oestro facta canam: nunc tendo chelyn; satis arma referre Aonia et geminis sceptrum exitiale tyrannis..."- P
Metamorphoses XV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...manu spumis albentibus oblita luctor et retro lentas tendo resupinus habenas. nec tamen has vires rabies superasset equorum..."