tentus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →teneo, tenere, tenui, tentus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
hold, keep; comprehend; possess; master; preserve; [tenere memoria => remember];; represent; support;
nom. 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;
nom. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Liber XI
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...horam constituisque locum. Cum frustra jacui longa prurigine tentus, succurrit pro te saepe sinistra mihi. Quid precer..."Sermones II
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...rubra Canicula findet infantis statuas, seu pingui tentus omaso Furius hibernas cana nive conspuet Alpis. "nonne vides" aliquis..."
