tenta
Dictionary entries
- Entry →tento, tentare, tentavi, tentatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
handle, feel; attempt, try; prove; test; attack; brave; make an attempt;
sg. pres. act. imp. 2nd - Entry →teneo, tenere, tenui, tentus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
hold, keep; comprehend; possess; master; preserve; [tenere memoria => remember];; represent; support;
abl. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. pl. perf. pass. part.nom. sg. perf. pass. part.nom. pl. perf. pass. part.voc. sg. perf. pass. part.voc. pl. perf. pass. part. - Entry →tendo, tendere, tetendi, tentus:
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. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. pl. perf. pass. part.nom. sg. perf. pass. part.nom. pl. perf. pass. part.voc. sg. perf. pass. part.voc. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
- T
Liber VI
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...frigida pellis duraque in ore, iacens rictu, frons tenta manebat. nec nimio rigida post artus morte iacebant. octavoque..." - T
Liber II
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...vivam progeniem qui in oras luminis edant. tympana tenta tonant palmis et cymbala circum concava, raucisonoque minantur cornua..." - L
Phoenissae
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...Quid perdis ultra uerba? quid pectus ferum Mollire tentas precibus? hoc animo sedit, Effundere hanc cum morte luctantem..." - G
Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...vere fama susurrat grandia te medii tenta vorare viri? sic certe est: clamant Victoris rupta miselli ilia..."
