tendō (old also tennō） tetendī, tentus, or (late) tēnsus, ere
2 TA-,
to stretch, make tense, stretch out, spread out, distend, extend
: plagas: quia non rete accipitri tennitur,
T.: retia cervis, O.: arcum,
keep bent
, H.: tendere doctior arcūs,
O.: vela,
swell
, V.: cubilia,
spread
, H.: tenta ubera,
distended
, H.—Of tents,
to spread out, pitch, erect
: praetorium, Cs.—
To stretch out, present, offer, reach, extend
: manūs ad templa: bracchia caelo,
O.: ad legatos supplices manūs,
Cs.: vobis manūs: supinas
manūs, L.: dexteram Italiae,
reaches
: civibus lucem ingeni sui,
to tender
: patri Iulum,
hold out
, V.—
To aim, direct, shoot, drive
: Quo tendant ferrum, V.: sagittas Arcu, H.: spicula
cornu, V. —
To string, tune
: barbiton, H.—Fig.,
to lay, contrive, devise
: insidiae tenduntur alicui,
are laid.— To press, strain
: ultra Legem tendere opus, i. e.
press to extravagance
, H.: Aestivam sermone benigno noctem,
protract
, H.—Of a way or course,
to direct, pursue, turn, wend
: iter ad naves, V.: unde et quo cursum, L.—
To direct oneself, hold a course, aim, strive, go, move, march, drive, tend,
bend
: Venusiam: cursuque amens ad limina tendit,
V.: ad castra, L.: unde venis? et Quo tendis?
H.—
To extend, stretch, reach
: (via), quae sub moenia tendit, V.—
To set up tents, be under tents, be encamped, encamp
: sub vallo, Cs.: legio latis tendebat in arvis, V.: in
angusto, L.: laxius,
Cu.— Fig.,
to aim, strive, be directed, be inclined, tend
: ad reliqua alacri animo: ad altiora,
L.: ad eloquium, O.: cum alii alio tenderent, L.: Non
dices, quorsum haec tendant,
tend
, H.—
To be persistent, make exertion, exert oneself, strive, endeavor, contend,
struggle
: miles tendere inde ad iurgium,
persists
, T.: vasto certamine tendunt,
V.: videt Catilinam magnā vi tendere,
S.: patres, adversus quos tenderet,
L.: senatu minus in praeturā tendente,
making less opposition in the case of the praetorship
, L.: quid tendit? cum efficere non possit,
ut, etc.,
what does he strive for?
: nihil illi tendere contra, V.:
manibus tendit divellere nodos, V.: Ire foras tendebat frustra, H.: captae civitati leges imponere, L.: aqua
tendit rumpere plumbum, H.
