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tendo

tendo

See also: tendó

Esperanto

Noun

tendo ‎(accusative singular tendon, plural tendoj, accusative plural tendojn)

  1. tent

Galician

Verb

tendo

  1. gerund of ter

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto tendo, English tent, French tente, Italian tenda, Spanish tienda, from Vulgar Latin *tenda, from Latin tendō.

Noun

tendo (plural tendi)

  1. tent

Italian

Verb

tendo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of tendere

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *tendō, from Proto-Indo-European *ten- ‎(“to stretch, draw”). Sihler traces the /d/ back to the ordinary present suffix -ye in position after *n (cf. offendō, dēfendō from *gʷʰen-ye-). Cognates include Ancient Greek τείνω ‎(teínō), Sanskrit तनोति ‎(tanóti) and Old English þennan.

Pronunciation

Verb

tendō ‎(present infinitive tendere, perfect active tetendī, supine tentum); third conjugation

  1. I stretch, stretch out, distend, extend.
  2. I proceed.
  3. I strive for; I reach for.
  4. I pitch (a tent).

Inflection

   Conjugation of tendo (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present tendō tendis tendit tendimus tenditis tendunt
imperfect tendēbam tendēbās tendēbat tendēbāmus tendēbātis tendēbant
future tendam tendēs tendet tendēmus tendētis tendent
perfect tetendī tetendistī tetendit tetendimus tetendistis tetendērunt, tetendēre
pluperfect tetenderam tetenderās tetenderat tetenderāmus tetenderātis tetenderant
future perfect tetenderō tetenderis tetenderit tetenderimus tetenderitis tetenderint
passive present tendor tenderis, tendere tenditur tendimur tendiminī tenduntur
imperfect tendēbar tendēbāris, tendēbāre tendēbātur tendēbāmur tendēbāminī tendēbantur
future tendar tendēris, tendēre tendētur tendēmur tendēminī tendentur
perfect tentus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect tentus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect tentus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present tendam tendās tendat tendāmus tendātis tendant
imperfect tenderem tenderēs tenderet tenderēmus tenderētis tenderent
perfect tetenderim tetenderīs tetenderit tetenderīmus tetenderītis tetenderint
pluperfect tetendissem tetendissēs tetendisset tetendissēmus tetendissētis tetendissent
passive present tendar tendāris, tendāre tendātur tendāmur tendāminī tendantur
imperfect tenderer tenderēris, tenderēre tenderētur tenderēmur tenderēminī tenderentur
perfect tentus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect tentus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — tende — — tendite —
future — tenditō tenditō — tenditōte tenduntō
passive present — tendere — — tendiminī —
future — tenditor tenditor — — tenduntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives tendere tetendisse tentūrus esse tendī tentus esse tentum īrī
participles tendēns — tentūrus — tentus tendendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
tendere tendendī tendendō tendendum tentum tentū

Derived terms

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Descendants

References

  • tendo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • tendo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Félix Gaffiot (1934), “tendo”, 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: tendere aliquo
    • where are you going: quo tendis?
    • to study the commonplace: cogitationes in res humiles abicere (De Amic. 9. 32) (Opp. alte spectare, ad altiora tendere, altum, magnificum, divinum suspicere)
    • to waylay a person: insidias alicui parare, facere, struere, instruere, tendere
    • to raise the hands to heaven (attitude of prayer): (supinas) manus ad caelum tendere

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Verb

tendo

  1. Gerund of ter

Swahili

Noun

tendo (ma class, plural matendo)

  1. deed

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