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
- M
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..." - M
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..."
