tenditur
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;
sg. pres. pass. ind. 3rd
Examples
Satura VI
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...illa uenit rubicundula, totum oenophorum sitiens, plena quod tenditur urna admotum pedibus, de quo sextarius alter ducitur ante..."Liber XI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...diversa quidem sed pari deformitate et contrahitur et tenditur, sed tenso subest et labor tenuaturque vox ac fatigatur..."VIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...admitteret, nudatur miserabilis ac deflenda macies. toto deinde tenditur toro, et ad inmobilem rigidamque patientiam per omnia lectuli..."
Liber Quartus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...vimque iuventae continuam et magni sperantem tempora patris. tenditur ille ingens hominum pavor arvaque late occupat, annosi veluti..."
Liber Undecimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...inlaudata Tonanti. quantus Apollineae temerator matris Auerno tenditur; ipsae horrent, si quando pectore ab alto emergunt uolucres inmensaque..."Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...nubila Phoebes Atracia rubet arte labor; suffusa ueneno tenditur ac sanie gliscit cutis; igneus atro ore uapor..."Metamorphoses IV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...porrigar alvum.' dixit, et ut serpens in longam tenditur alvum durataeque cuti squamas increscere sentit nigraque caeruleis variari..."