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Italian
Verb
portendo
- first-person singular present indicative of portendere
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Latin
Etymology
From por- + tendō.
Pronunciation
Verb
portendō (present infinitive portendere, perfect active portendī, supine portentum); third conjugation
- to indicate, point out
- to predict, foretell, portend
- Synonyms: vāticinor, praesāgiō, praemoneō, moneō, praedīcō, canō
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References
- “portendo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “portendo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- portendo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.