retendit
Dictionary entries
- Entry →retendo, retendere, retendi, retensus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
slacken; relax; unbend (bow); free from tension; hold back (?);
sg. perf. act. ind. 3rdsg. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples

Liber Quartus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...temet furare labori. et sontes operit pharetras arcumque retendit Parthus, et Eleis auriga laboribus actos Alpheo permulcet equos..."Metamorphoses II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...nulla ceciderat aetas; exuit hic umero pharetram lentosque retendit arcus inque solo, quod texerat herba, iacebat et pictam..."
