tendentes
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. pl. pres. act. part.nom. pl. pres. act. part.voc. pl. pres. act. part.
Examples
- M
Liber VI
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...cerui pastae serpente medullae,non puppem retinens Euro tendente rudentisin mediis echenais aquis oculique draconum 675quaeque sonant feta..." - L
Liber V
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...SALUTEM Quid est hoc, Lucili, quod nos alio tendentes alio trahit et eo unde recedere cupimus impellit? quid..." - P
Metamorphoses VIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...alii, totoque erat agmine murmur. e quibus ingenti tendentes bracchia voce 'pone age nec titulos intercipe, femina, nostros..." - T
Liber XLV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...omnia in fidem et clementiam populi Romani permitteret, tendente. dum aguntur, classis Cn. Octaui Samothracam est adpulsa..." - T
Liber XLIV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...ingressi, manus ad eos, qui in classe erant, tendentes, suppliciter uitam orabant; et cum scaphas concurrere undique..." - T
Liber XL
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...erat propositum. ceterum in aduersum uentum nequiquam eos tendentes prope terram lux oppressit, et regii, qui praeerant custodiae..." - T
Liber XXXVI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...facto undique in muros manus pro se quisque tendentes consonante clamore nominatim Quinctium orare, ut opem ferret..." - M
Liber IX
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...Libye Phrygio placuisse magistro), cum procul ex alto tendentes uela carinae ancipites tenuere animos, sociosne malorum an ueherent..."