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intendo

intendo

Italian

Verb

intendo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of intendere

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From in- +‎ tendō.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /inˈten.doː/, [ɪnˈtɛn.doː]

Verb

intendō ‎(present infinitive intendere, perfect active intendī, supine intentum); third conjugation

  1. I hold out, stretch, strain.
  2. I turn my attention to.
  3. I focus (on).
  4. I intend to
  5. (Medieval Latin) I obey (+ dative)

Inflection

   Conjugation of intendo (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present intendō intendis intendit intendimus intenditis intendunt
imperfect intendēbam intendēbās intendēbat intendēbāmus intendēbātis intendēbant
future intendam intendēs intendet intendēmus intendētis intendent
perfect intendī intendistī intendit intendimus intendistis intendērunt, intendēre
pluperfect intenderam intenderās intenderat intenderāmus intenderātis intenderant
future perfect intenderō intenderis intenderit intenderimus intenderitis intenderint
passive present intendor intenderis, intendere intenditur intendimur intendiminī intenduntur
imperfect intendēbar intendēbāris, intendēbāre intendēbātur intendēbāmur intendēbāminī intendēbantur
future intendar intendēris, intendēre intendētur intendēmur intendēminī intendentur
perfect intentus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect intentus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect intentus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present intendam intendās intendat intendāmus intendātis intendant
imperfect intenderem intenderēs intenderet intenderēmus intenderētis intenderent
perfect intenderim intenderīs intenderit intenderīmus intenderītis intenderint
pluperfect intendissem intendissēs intendisset intendissēmus intendissētis intendissent
passive present intendar intendāris, intendāre intendātur intendāmur intendāminī intendantur
imperfect intenderer intenderēris, intenderēre intenderētur intenderēmur intenderēminī intenderentur
perfect intentus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect intentus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — intende — — intendite —
future — intenditō intenditō — intenditōte intenduntō
passive present — intendere — — intendiminī —
future — intenditor intenditor — — intenduntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives intendere intendisse intentūrus esse intendī intentus esse intentum īrī
participles intendēns — intentūrus — intentus intendendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
intendere intendendī intendendō intendendum intentum intentū

Derived terms

  • superintendens

Descendants

References

  • intendo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • intendo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Félix Gaffiot (1934), “intendo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
  • Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to journey towards a place: iter aliquo dirigere, intendere
    • to gaze intently all around: in omnes partes aciem (oculorum) intendere
    • to direct one's attention..: cogitationem, animum in aliquid intendere (Acad. 4. 46)
    • to go to law with, sue a person: litem alicui intendere
  • intendo in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

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