praetenditis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →praetendo, praetendere, praetendi, praetentus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
stretch out; spread before; extend in front; allege in excuse;
pl. pres. act. ind. 2nd
Examples
Liber IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...prius haustu sparsus aquarum ora fove fumosque manu praetende sequaces. Bis gravidos cogunt fetus, duo tempora messis, Taygete..."Liber III
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...ipsam legem declarare quam Vergini amici postulationi suae praetendant; ceterum ita in ea firmum libertati fore praesidium..."