tendamus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →tendo, tendere, tetendi, tensus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
stretch/spread/extend; distend; aim/direct weapon/glance/steps/course; strive;; pitch tent, encamp; pull tight; draw (bow); press on, insist; exert oneself;
pl. pres. act. subj. 1st
Examples
- L
de Vita Beata
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...noctesque bonae menti laboremus. Decernatur itaque et quo tendamus et qua, non sine perito aliquo cui explorata sint..." - M
Liber XII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...voluntati serum est tempus ullum) totis mentibus huc tendamus, in haec elaboremus: forsan et consummare contingat..." - M
Liber VII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...possent etiam non restituto patre. Nec statim eo tendamus quod occurrit ultro, a rustico restitutum. Qui subtiliter quaeret..." - P
Aeneid XI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...neque habet Fortuna regressum, oremus pacem et dextras tendamus inertis. quamquam o si solitae quicquam virtutis adesset! ille..."