Italian

Verb

protendo

1. first-person singular present indicative of protendere

Anagrams

• portendo

Latin

Etymology

From prō- ‎(“from, in the place of; for”) +‎ tendō ‎(“stretch, strive for”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /proːˈten.doː/, [proːˈtɛn.doː]

Verb

prōtendō ‎(present infinitive prōtendere, perfect active prōtendī, supine prōtensum); third conjugation

1. I extend or distend
2. I prolong or lengthen

Inflection

• Note: Supine and perfect forms may be of the form prōtentus rather than prōtensus.

References

• protendo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• protendo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “protendo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.