tentas
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. ind. 2nd - Entry →teneo, tenere, tenui, tentus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
hold, keep; comprehend; possess; master; preserve; [tenere memoria => remember];; represent; support;
acc. 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;
acc. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
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..."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..."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..."Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...vere fama susurrat grandia te medii tenta vorare viri? sic certe est: clamant Victoris rupta miselli ilia..."
