distentus

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Latin

Etymology 1

Perfect passive participle of distendō.

Participle

distentus (feminine distenta, neuter distentum); first/second-declension participle

  1. stretched out, extended
  2. swollen, distended
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative distentus distenta distentum distentī distentae distenta
Genitive distentī distentae distentī distentōrum distentārum distentōrum
Dative distentō distentō distentīs
Accusative distentum distentam distentum distentōs distentās distenta
Ablative distentō distentā distentō distentīs
Vocative distente distenta distentum distentī distentae distenta

Etymology 2

Perfect passive participle of distineō.

Participle

distentus (feminine distenta, neuter distentum); first/second-declension participle

  1. divided, separated
  2. distracted
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative distentus distenta distentum distentī distentae distenta
Genitive distentī distentae distentī distentōrum distentārum distentōrum
Dative distentō distentō distentīs
Accusative distentum distentam distentum distentōs distentās distenta
Ablative distentō distentā distentō distentīs
Vocative distente distenta distentum distentī distentae distenta

References

  • “distentus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “distentus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • distentus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to be involved in many undertakings; to be much occupied, embarrassed, overwhelmed by business-claims: multis negotiis implicatum, districtum, distentum, obrutum esse
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