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
- T
Liber X
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...publicam clades veniat. Minus autem tetendere, adsueti iam in tali genere certaminum vinci; et cernebant adversarios..." - T
Liber VI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...inter patricios petendum, quod tanta vi ut liceret tetenderant, sed ne ad plebeios quidem magistratus capessendos petendosque ulli..." - T
Liber IV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...parvis quoque rebus incommode adversarentur, haud sane tetendere. Cum a primoribus civitatis spretus honor esset, Papirium Semproniumque, quorum..."