tentus

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Pronunciation

Verb

tentus

  1. conditional of tentar

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Perfect passive participle of tendō.

Alternative forms

Participle

tentus (feminine tenta, neuter tentum); first/second-declension participle

  1. stretched; stretched out; extended; distended
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative tentus tenta tentum tentī tentae tenta
genitive tentī tentae tentī tentōrum tentārum tentōrum
dative tentō tentae tentō tentīs
accusative tentum tentam tentum tentōs tentās tenta
ablative tentō tentā tentō tentīs
vocative tente tenta tentum tentī tentae tenta
Descendants
  • English: tent, tenure
  • French: tente
  • Aromanian: timtu

Etymology 2

Perfect passive participle of teneō.

Participle

tentus (feminine tenta, neuter tentum); first/second-declension participle

  1. held
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative tentus tenta tentum tentī tentae tenta
genitive tentī tentae tentī tentōrum tentārum tentōrum
dative tentō tentae tentō tentīs
accusative tentum tentam tentum tentōs tentās tenta
ablative tentō tentā tentō tentīs
vocative tente tenta tentum tentī tentae tenta
Descendants

References

  • “tentus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “tentus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • tentus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • tentus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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