tento
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. 1st - 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.abl. sg. perf. pass. part.dat. sg. perf. pass. part.dat. sg. 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.abl. sg. perf. pass. part.dat. sg. perf. pass. part.dat. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Agamemnon
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...inuictus malis luctatur Aiax. uela cogentem hunc sua tento rudente flamma perstrinxit cadens. libratur aliud fulmen: hoc toto..."
Liber Primus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...imperiis Minyae monituque frequentes puppem umeris subeunt et tento poplite proni decurrunt intrantque fretum; non clamor anhelis nauticus..."Metamorphoses VI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...contulerant arto luctantia nexu pectora pectoribus, cum tento concita nervo, sicut erant iuncti, traiecit utrumque sagitta. ingemuere simul..."
