tenduntur
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. pass. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber VIII
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...mutare putarestellurem patriaeque solum: sic litore totoplangitur, infestae tenduntur in aethera dextrae.Pompeiumque minus, cuius fortuna dolorem 150mouerat..."Liber VI
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...subrepens uita medullismiscetur morti. tunc omnis palpitat artus,tenduntur nerui; nec se tellure cadauer 755paulatim per membra leuat..."Liber II
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...hemitritaeo. Noui hominis fraudes: esurit atque sitit. Subdola tenduntur crassis nunc retia turdis, hamus et in mullum mittitur..."Liber XX
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...densorara, qua minora animalia, in quorum perniciem illa tenduntur, uelut retibusinplicata teneantur? (23) Nascitur ars ista, non discitur..."
Liber Sextus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...fractas involvunt aequora puppes. hinc biiuges, illinc artus tenduntur eriles quos radii, quos frena secant trahiturque trahitque currus..."
Liber Quintus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...deum? furvae miseram circum undique leti 155vallavere plagae, tenduntur dura sororumlicia et exacti superest pars ultima fili.nil famuli..."