tetendi
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;
sg. perf. act. ind. 1st
Examples
Liber VI
Aulus Gellius
"...lelouka, sic igitur mordeo "memordi", posco "peposci", tendo "tetendi", tango "tetigi", pungo "pepugi", curro "cecurri", tollo "tetuli", spondeo..."
Liber Octavus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...nullus amicior astris, Oecliden, frustraque manus cum uoce tetendi. mira loquor, sulcos etiamnum, rector, equorum fumantemque locum..."Metamorphoses XI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...interiit: vidi agnovique manusque ad discedentem cupiens retinere tetendi. umbra fuit, sed et umbra tamen manifesta virique vera..."Liber III
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...cetera illius aetatis memorabo si effectis in quae tetendi plures ad curas vitam produxero. D. Silanus in nepti..."