pertendere
Dictionary entries
- Entry →pertendo, pertendere, pertendi, pertensus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
persevere, persist; press on;
sg. pres. pass. imp. 2ndpl. perf. act. ind. 3rdsg. fut. pass. ind. 2ndsg. pres. pass. ind. 2ndpres. act. infin.
Examples
Heauton Timorumenos
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...quid istic? video non licere ut coeperam hoc pertendere. ME. facis ut te decet. CH. lege hoc adeo..."Liber VI
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...Aegium constitit. Apparet ergo in tantum spatium motum pertendere quantum illa sub terris uacantis loci inanitas pateat..."Gaius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...speculatoribus, ut vehiculo ad forum usque et curiam pertenderent nec nisi in aede Martis ac frequente senatu consulibus..."