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tensa
tensa
See also: tensá
Latin
Etymology 1
From Proto-Italic *ten-s-ā, from Proto-Indo-European *ten-s-eh₂, *tn̥-s-eh₂, from *ten- (“to stretch, to extend”). See teneō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈten.sa/, [ˈtẽː.sa]
Noun
tēnsa f (genitive tēnsae); first declension
- chariot which bore the images of the gods
Inflection
First declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | tēnsa | tēnsae |
genitive | tēnsae | tēnsārum |
dative | tēnsae | tēnsīs |
accusative | tēnsam | tēnsās |
ablative | tēnsā | tēnsīs |
vocative | tēnsa | tēnsae |
Etymology 2
Non-lemma forms.
Participle
tēnsa
- inflection of tēnsus:
- nominative feminine singular
- nominative neuter plural
- accusative neuter plural
- vocative feminine singular
- vocative neuter plural
tēnsā
- ablative feminine singular of tēnsus
References
- tensa in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- tensa in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- TENSA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “tensa”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- tensa in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers