tendentem
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;
acc. sg. pres. act. part.
Examples
Liber IV
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...recto fugientes pectore ferrum.'dixit et ad montis tendentem praeuenit hostem.illic exiguo paulum distantia uallocastra locant. postquam spatio..."ad Helviam
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE
"...inmiscear, dum animum ad cognatarum rerum conspectum tendentem in sublimi semper habeam, quantum refert mea quid calcem..."ad Marciam
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE
"...meditari, hac semper cupidine ferri in exteriora tendentem. 3. Quid? tu, Marcia, cum uideres senilem in iuuene prudentiam..."
Liber Sextus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...prima levi ducentem cornua nervo et labentis equi tendentem frena Menippen, cum regina gravem nodis auroque securem congeminans..."Liber Tertius
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...media te saltem, Cyzice, vidi tendentem mihi morte manus aut ulla monentis verba tuli; quin te thalamis modo..."Liber Primus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...notas erectum Pelea voces vidit et ingenti tendentem bracchia passu, adsiluit caraque diu cervice pependit. illum nec valido..."
Liber Quintus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...litore vidiqua Tyrrhena vadis Laurentibus aestuat unda,tendentem cursus vexantemque ilia nuda 115calce ferocis equi, vultu dextraque minacem..."Aeneid IX
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...muris Martemque cientis Alcandrumque Haliumque Noemonaque Prytanimque. Lyncea tendentem contra sociosque vocantem vibranti gladio conixus ab aggere dexter..."