tensam
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. perf. pass. part. - Entry →tensa, tensae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
wagon on which the images of the gods were carried to public spectacles;
acc. sg.
Examples
Divus Vespasianus
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...praesagia, Neronem diebus ultimis monitum per quietem, ut tensam Iovis Optimi Maximi e sacrario in domum Vespasiani..."Divus Iulius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...sedem auream in curia et pro tribunali, tensam et ferculum circensi pompa, templa, aras, simulacra iuxta deos, pulvinar..."
