tetenderant
Dictionary entries
- Entry →tendo, tendere, tetendi, tensus:
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;
pl. pluperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber X
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...publicam clades veniat. Minus autem tetendere, adsueti iam in tali genere certaminum vinci; et cernebant adversarios..."Liber VI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...inter patricios petendum, quod tanta vi ut liceret tetenderant, sed ne ad plebeios quidem magistratus capessendos petendosque ulli..."Liber IV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...parvis quoque rebus incommode adversarentur, haud sane tetendere. Cum a primoribus civitatis spretus honor esset, Papirium Semproniumque, quorum..."