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Italian
Verb
protendo
- first-person singular present indicative of protendere
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From prō- (“from, in the place of; for”) + tendō (“stretch, strive for”).
Pronunciation
Verb
prōtendō (present infinitive prōtendere, perfect active prōtendī, supine prōtēnsum); third conjugation
- to extend or distend
- to prolong or lengthen
Conjugation
Descendants
References
- “protendo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “protendo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- protendo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.