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praetendo
praetendo
Latin
Verb
praetendō (present infinitive praetendere, perfect active praetetendī, supine praetentum); third conjugation
- I stretch forth or forward; I extend.
- I spread before, hold out, place in front of.
- I put forward as an excuse, allege, pretend.
Inflection
- The participle form is often spelled praetensus, but the supine can appear as praetentum.
Derived terms
- praetentūra
- praetentus
Related terms
Descendants
- English: pretend
References
- praetendo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- praetendo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “praetendo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to make something an excuse, pretext: praetendere, praetexere aliquid
- to make something an excuse, pretext: praetendere, praetexere aliquid