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
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..."Liber XII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...voluntati serum est tempus ullum) totis mentibus huc tendamus, in haec elaboremus: forsan et consummare contingat..."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..."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..."