tensis
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;
abl. pl. perf. pass. part.dat. pl. 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;
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl.
Examples
Liber VII
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...uiscera sanguispercussa pietate coit, totaeque cohortespila parata diu tensis tenuere lacertis.di tibi non mortem, quae cunctis poena paratur..."Liber XI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...tamen inferioribus intra spectantibus, sed ne illis quidem tensis qui supra sunt. XCIX. Interim extremi palmam circa..."
