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..."- Q
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..."
