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Latin
Etymology
Perfect passive participle of intendō.
Pronunciation
Adjective
intentus (feminine intenta, neuter intentum); first/second-declension adjective
- mindful, attentive (to the situation at hand)
- Synonyms: intēnsus, attentus, ērēctus, cautus
- Antonym: incautus
27 BCE – 25 BCE,
Titus Livius,
Ab Urbe Condita 26.1:
- Ea tum cura maxime intentos habebat Romanos, non ab ira tantum, quae in nullam unquam ciuitatem iustior fuit, quam quod urbs tam nobilis ac potens, sicut defectione sua traxerat aliquot populos, ita recepta inclinatura rursus animos uidebatur ad ueteris imperii respectum.
- This concern in particular troubled the mindful Romans at the time, not so much because of anger, which has never been more justified against any other city, rather because a city so noble and powerful, in the same way that it had attracted the support of a number of communities by its revolt, was thought would again turn attention back towards respect for the previous government once recaptured.
- intent on (something) (having one's attention fixed on something)
- Synonyms: intēnsus, contentus
- Antonym: invītus
- serious, earnest
- Synonyms: dēsīderōsus, impiger, studiōsus, sēdulus, ācer, cupidus, aspīrāns
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “intentus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “intentus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- intentus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be engaged upon a matter: intentum esse alicui rei
- intentus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016