tendo

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See also: tendó and tendo-

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tenda, English tent and French tente, voicing of the second -t- was preferred because tent- was taken by tenti.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

tendo (accusative singular tendon, plural tendoj, accusative plural tendojn)

  1. tent

Galician

Verb

tendo

  1. gerund of ter

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto tendoEnglish tentFrench tenteItalian tendaSpanish tienda, from Vulgar Latin *tenda, from Latin tendō.

Pronunciation

Noun

tendo (plural tendi)

  1. tent

Italian

Pronunciation

Verb

tendo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of tendere

Anagrams

Latin

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *tendō, from Proto-Indo-European *ténd-e-ti, from Proto-Indo-European *tend-, extension of Proto-Indo-European *ten- (to stretch, draw). Sihler traces the /d/ back to the ordinary present suffix -ye in position after *n (cf. offendō, dēfendō from *gʷʰen-ye-). Cognates include Ancient Greek τείνω (teínō), Sanskrit तनोति (tanóti) and Old English þennan.

Verb

tendō (present infinitive tendere, perfect active tetendī, supine tentum); third conjugation

  1. To stretch, stretch out, distend, extend
  2. To direct one's self or one's course; to aim, strive, go, travel, march, tend, bend one's course in any direction
    Synonyms: lūctor, certō, cōnītor, cōnor, ēnītor, ēlabōrō, appetō, affectō, temptō, quaerō, studeō, contendō, adnītor, īnsequor, labōrō, pugnō, molior, perīclitor, nītor, spectō, intendō
    Antonyms: āversor, abhorreō, dēclīnō
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.204–206:
      “Per variōs cāsūs, per tot discrīmina rērum,
      tendimus in Latium, sēdēs ubi fāta quiētās
      ostendunt; illīc fās rēgna resurgere Troiae.”
      “Through varied misfortunes, through so many hazards of circumstances, we aim our course into Latium, where the Fates reveal peaceful homeland; there it is divine will that the kingdom of Troy shall rise again.”
  3. To go, proceed, extend, stretch
  4. To aim, strive, be directed or inclined, to tend in any direction
  5. To exert one's self, to strive, endeavor
  6. (in particular) To exert one's self in opposition, to strive, try, endeavor, contend
  7. To set up tents, to be under tents, be encamped, to encamp
  8. To speak to somebody
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Conjugation
  • The supine form is either tentum or the later analogical tēnsum.
   Conjugation of tendō (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present tendō tendis tendit tendimus tenditis tendunt
imperfect tendēbam tendēbās tendēbat tendēbāmus tendēbātis tendēbant
future tendam tendēs tendet tendēmus tendētis tendent
perfect tetendī tetendistī tetendit tetendimus tetendistis tetendērunt,
tetendēre
pluperfect tetenderam tetenderās tetenderat tetenderāmus tetenderātis tetenderant
future perfect tetenderō tetenderis tetenderit tetenderimus tetenderitis tetenderint
passive present tendor tenderis,
tendere
tenditur tendimur tendiminī tenduntur
imperfect tendēbar tendēbāris,
tendēbāre
tendēbātur tendēbāmur tendēbāminī tendēbantur
future tendar tendēris,
tendēre
tendētur tendēmur tendēminī tendentur
perfect tentus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect tentus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect tentus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present tendam tendās tendat tendāmus tendātis tendant
imperfect tenderem tenderēs tenderet tenderēmus tenderētis tenderent
perfect tetenderim tetenderīs tetenderit tetenderīmus tetenderītis tetenderint
pluperfect tetendissem tetendissēs tetendisset tetendissēmus tetendissētis tetendissent
passive present tendar tendāris,
tendāre
tendātur tendāmur tendāminī tendantur
imperfect tenderer tenderēris,
tenderēre
tenderētur tenderēmur tenderēminī tenderentur
perfect tentus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect tentus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present tende tendite
future tenditō tenditō tenditōte tenduntō
passive present tendere tendiminī
future tenditor tenditor tenduntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives tendere tetendisse tentūrum esse tendī tentum esse tentum īrī
participles tendēns tentūrus tentus tendendus,
tendundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
tendendī tendendō tendendum tendendō tentum tentū
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ancient Greek τένων (ténōn, sinew, tendon), with spelling influenced by tendō (verb). Doublet of tenōn which was borrowed earlier.

Noun

tendō m (genitive tendōnis); third declension (Medieval Latin)

  1. (anatomy) tendon
Inflection

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tendō tendōnēs
Genitive tendōnis tendōnum
Dative tendōnī tendōnibus
Accusative tendōnem tendōnēs
Ablative tendōne tendōnibus
Vocative tendō tendōnēs
Derived terms
Descendants

References

  • tendo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • tendo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • tendo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to journey towards a place: tendere aliquo
    • where are you going: quo tendis?
    • to study the commonplace: cogitationes in res humiles abicere (De Amic. 9. 32) (Opp. alte spectare, ad altiora tendere, altum, magnificum, divinum suspicere)
    • to waylay a person: insidias alicui parare, facere, struere, instruere, tendere
    • to raise the hands to heaven (attitude of prayer): (supinas) manus ad caelum tendere
  1. ^ Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 206

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Verb

tendo

  1. gerund of ter

Verb

tendo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of tender

Swahili

Etymology

From -tenda (to act, to do).

Pronunciation

Noun

tendo (ma class, plural matendo)

  1. deed, action, act