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tetendisse

Dictionary entries

  • 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;

    Entry →
    perf. act. infin.

Examples

  • T

    Liber XL

    Titus Livius (Livy)

    "...postquam in conspectum adductus sit Xychus, non ultra tetendisse, alii tormenta etiam infitiantem perpessum adfirmant. Philippo redintegratus..."
  • T

    Liber XXXVIII

    Titus Livius (Livy)

    "...Scipione inchoatae fuissent, perficiendarum. Cn. Manlium summa ope tetendisse, ut eam pacem turbaret, et Antiochum, si sui potestatem..."
  • T

    Liber XXXVII

    Titus Livius (Livy)

    "...uideri malim, quam nimis pertinaciter in obtinendo eo tetendisse; in certamine autem amicitiae uestrae, beneuolentiae erga uos, honoris..."
  • T

    Liber III

    Titus Livius (Livy)

    "...minuendae suae maiestatis causa promulgata ferretur tetendissent victoria certaminis penes tribunos fuit Eodem anno Aequis pax est petentibus..."

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