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Latin
Etymology
From prae- (“before, in front of”) + tendō (“stretch, strive for”).
Pronunciation
Verb
praetendō (present infinitive praetendere, perfect active praetetendī, supine praetentum or praetēnsum); third conjugation
- to stretch forth or forward; to extend
- to spread before, hold out, place in front of
- to put forward as an excuse, allege, pretend
- Synonyms: fingō, simulō, mentior, affectō, ēmentior, dissimulō
Conjugation
indicative
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singular
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plural
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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active
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present
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praetendō
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praetendis
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praetendit
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praetendimus
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praetenditis
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praetendunt
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imperfect
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praetendēbam
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praetendēbās
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praetendēbat
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praetendēbāmus
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praetendēbātis
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praetendēbant
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future
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praetendam
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praetendēs
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praetendet
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praetendēmus
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praetendētis
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praetendent
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perfect
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praetetendī
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praetetendistī
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praetetendit
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praetetendimus
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praetetendistis
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praetetendērunt, praetetendēre
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pluperfect
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praetetenderam
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praetetenderās
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praetetenderat
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praetetenderāmus
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praetetenderātis
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praetetenderant
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future perfect
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praetetenderō
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praetetenderis
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praetetenderit
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praetetenderimus
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praetetenderitis
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praetetenderint
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passive
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present
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praetendor
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praetenderis, praetendere
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praetenditur
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praetendimur
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praetendiminī
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praetenduntur
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imperfect
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praetendēbar
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praetendēbāris, praetendēbāre
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praetendēbātur
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praetendēbāmur
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praetendēbāminī
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praetendēbantur
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future
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praetendar
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praetendēris, praetendēre
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praetendētur
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praetendēmur
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praetendēminī
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praetendentur
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perfect
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praetentus or praetēnsus + present active indicative of sum
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pluperfect
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praetentus or praetēnsus + imperfect active indicative of sum
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future perfect
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praetentus or praetēnsus + future active indicative of sum
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subjunctive
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singular
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plural
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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active
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present
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praetendam
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praetendās
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praetendat
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praetendāmus
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praetendātis
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praetendant
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imperfect
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praetenderem
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praetenderēs
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praetenderet
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praetenderēmus
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praetenderētis
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praetenderent
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perfect
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praetetenderim
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praetetenderīs
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praetetenderit
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praetetenderīmus
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praetetenderītis
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praetetenderint
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pluperfect
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praetetendissem
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praetetendissēs
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praetetendisset
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praetetendissēmus
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praetetendissētis
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praetetendissent
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passive
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present
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praetendar
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praetendāris, praetendāre
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praetendātur
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praetendāmur
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praetendāminī
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praetendantur
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imperfect
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praetenderer
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praetenderēris, praetenderēre
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praetenderētur
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praetenderēmur
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praetenderēminī
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praetenderentur
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perfect
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praetentus or praetēnsus + present active subjunctive of sum
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pluperfect
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praetentus or praetēnsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
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imperative
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singular
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plural
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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active
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present
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—
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praetende
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—
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—
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praetendite
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—
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future
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—
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praetenditō
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praetenditō
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—
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praetenditōte
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praetenduntō
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passive
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present
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—
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praetendere
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—
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—
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praetendiminī
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—
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future
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—
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praetenditor
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praetenditor
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—
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—
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praetenduntor
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praetendere
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praetetendisse
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praetentūrum esse, praetēnsūrum esse
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praetendī
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praetentum esse, praetēnsum esse
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praetentum īrī, praetēnsum īrī
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praetendēns
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—
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praetentūrus, praetēnsūrus
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—
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praetentus, praetēnsus
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praetendendus, praetendundus
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praetendendī
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praetendendō
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praetendendum
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praetendendō
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praetentum, praetēnsum
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praetentū, praetēnsū
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Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “praetendo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “praetendo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- praetendo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to make something an excuse, pretext: praetendere, praetexere aliquid