I.part. intenditus, Fronto, Fer. Als. 3, 11 Mai.), to stretch out or forth, extend.
I. Lit.
A. In hunc intende digitum, hic lenost, point in scorn, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 45: “dextram ad statuam,” Cic. Att. 16, 15: “alicui manus,” Sen. Clem. 1, 25: “bracchia,” Ov. M. 10, 58: “manus,” id. ib. 8, 107: “jubet intendi bracchia velis,” Verg. A. 5, 829: “intenta bracchia remis, id. ib, 5, 136: ventis vela,” id. ib. 3, 683: “nervos aut remittere,” Plin. 26, 10, 62, § 96: “cutem,” id. 8, 35, 53, § 125: “jamque manus Colchis crinemque intenderat astris,” Val. Fl. 8, 68.—
B. To bend a bow, etc.: “ballistam in aliquem,” Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 58: “arcum,” Verg. A. 8, 704: “intentus est arcus in me unum,” Cic. Sest. 7, 15.—
C. To aim or direct at a thing: “tela in patriam,” Cic. Prov. Cons. 9: “tela intenta jugulis civitatis,” id. Pis. 2: “sagittam,” Verg. A. 9, 590: “telum in jugulum,” Plin. Ep. 3, 9.—
D. To stretch or spread out; to stretch, lay or put upon a thing: “tabernacula carbaseis intenta velis,” pitched, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 12, § 30; 2, 5, 31, § 80: “sella intenta loris,” Quint. 6, 3, 25: “stuppea vincula collo Intendunt,” Verg. A. 2, 237: “duro intendere bracchia tergo,” i. e. to bind with the cestus, id. ib. 5, 403: “locum sertis,” encircled, surrounded, id. ib. 4, 506: “vela secundi Intendunt Zephyri,” swell, fill, id. ib. 5, 33: “intendentibus tenebris,” spreading, Liv. 1, 57, 8.—
II. Trop.
A. To strain or stretch towards, to extend: “aciem acrem in omnes partes intendit,” turns keen looks on every side, Cic. Tusc. 4, 18, 38: “aciem longius,” id. Ac. 2, 25, 80: “quo intendisset oculos,” whithersoever he turns his eyes, Tac. A. 4, 70: “aures ad verba,” Ov. P. 4, 4, 36: cum putaret licere senatui, et mitigare leges et intendere, to stretch, i. e. increase the rigor of, Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 17: “numeros intendere nervis,” Verg. A. 9, 776 (per nervos intentos, Forbig.); cf.: “strepitum fidis intendisse Latinae,” Pers. 6, 4.—
B. Esp.
1. To direct towards any thing, to turn or bend in any direction: “digna est res ubi tu nervos intendas tuos,” Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 20: “intendenda in senem est fallacia,” id. Heaut. 3, 2, 2: “ut eo quo intendit, cum exercitu mature perveniat,” Cic. Mur. 9: iter, to direct one's course: “ad explorandum quonam hostes iter intendissent,” Liv. 31, 33, 6: “a porta ad praetorem iter intendit,” id. 36, 21: “coeptum iter in Italiam,” id. 21, 29, 6; 27, 46, 9.—Absol.: “quo nunc primum intendam,” whither shall I turn? Ter. And. 2, 2, 6.—
2. Intendere animum, to direct one's thoughts or attention to any thing: quaero enim non quibus intendam rebus animum, sed, etc., Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 329, 6: “parum defigunt animos et intendunt in ea, quae, etc.,” id. Ac. 2, 15, 46: “quo animum intendat, facile perspicio,” id. Verr. 1, 3; “Liv. praef. 9: intentus animus tuus est ad fortissimum virum liberandum,” Cic. Phil. 11, 9: “oculi mentesque ad pugnam intentae,” Caes. B. G. 3, 26: “in ea re omnium nostrorum intentis animis,” id. ib. 3, 22: “intendere animum in regnum Adherbalis,” Sall. J. 20, 1: “ad bellum animum intendit,” id. ib. 43, 2: “animum studiis et rebus honestis,” Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 36: “considerationem in aliquam rem,” Cic. Inv. 2, 33: “omnes cogitationes ad aliquid,” Liv. 40, 5: “omnium eo curae sunt intentae,” Liv. 9, 31; id. 25, 9: “ad scribendum animum, oculos, manum,” Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 7: ubi ingenium intenderis, valet, Sall. J. 51, 3: “eruditionem tuam,” Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 14. —
3. Hence, intendere alone, to urge on, incite: “intenderant eum ad cavendi omnia curam tot auditae proditiones,” Liv. 24, 37: “aliquem ad custodiae curam,” id. 21, 49: “vis omnis intendenda rebus,” Quint. 10, 7, 21.—
4. To enlarge, spread, extend, magnify: “intendetur socordia, si nullus ex se metus aut spes,” Tac. A. 2, 38: “amici accendendis offensionibus callidi, intendere vera. adgerere falsa,” exaggerated, id. ib. 2, 57; “4, 11: gloriam,” id. ib. 4, 26; “12, 35: tormentum,” Cels. 4, 15 init.—
C. Absol., to turn one's attention to, exert one's self for, to purpose, endeavor, intend: “pergin, sceleste, intendere hanc arguere?” Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 27 Brix: “quod est tibi ante explicandum, quam illuc proficiscare, quo te dicis intendere,” Cic. de Or. 2, 42: “quod ubi secus procedit, neque quod intenderat, efficere potest,” Sall. J. 25, 10: “quocumque intenderat,” id. ib. 74, 2; cf. id. ib. 64, 1; “102, 1: genera lectionum, quae praecipue convenire intendentibus, ut oratores fiant,” Quint. 10, 1, 45: “ad nuptias,” Just. 13, 6.—
D. Intendere se, to exert one's self, prepare for any thing: “se ad firmitatem,” Cic. Tusc. 2, 23: “se in rem,” Quint. 4, 1, 39: qui se intenderunt adversarios in ejus tribunatum, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 4, 2.—
E. Intendere animo, to purpose in one's mind, to intend: “si C. Antonius, quod animo intenderat, perficere potuisset,” Cic. Phil. 10, 4, 9.—
F. To maintain, assert: “eam sese intendit esse,” Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 19.—Esp., as leg. t. t., to aver, maintain, assert as a plaintiff in court: “quo modo nunc intendit,” Cic. Quint. 29, 88: si quod intendit adversarius tuus, probationibus implere non possit, Vet. cujusd. Jurec. Consult. 6, 16 Huschke; Dig. 10, 4, 9, § 6. —
G. To threaten with any thing, to seek to bring upon, to afflict with: “alicui actionem perduellionis,” Cic. Mil. 14: “alicui litem,” id. de Or. 1, 10: “periculum in omnes,” id. Rosc. Am. 3: “crimen in aliquem,” Liv. 9, 26: “injuriarum formulam,” Suet. Vit. 7: “probra et minas alicui,” Tac. A. 3, 36: “metum intendere,” id. ib. 1, 28.—
H. Intendere in se, to contemplate one's self: quid sit Deus: totus in se intendat, an ad nos aliquando respiciat, Sen. Q. N. praef. 1.—
I. Intendere alicui, to be intended for a person, Stat. S. 3 praef.—
K. In rhet., to premise, to state as the proposition of a syllogism, Quint. 5, 14, 10.—
L. In gram., to make long, to use (a syllable) as long: “primam syllabam intendit, tertiam corripuit,” Gell. 13, 22. 18. — Hence, P. a. in two forms.
B. Attentive to, intent upon, waiting for something.
(α).
With dat.: “quem pueri intenti ludo exercent,” Verg. A. 7, 380: “intentus recipiendo exercitui esse,” Liv. 10, 42, 1.—
C. Absol., eager, intent: “at Romani domi militiaeque intenti festinare,” Sall. C. 6, 5: “senatus nihil sane intentus,” id. ib. 16, 5: “intenti exspectant signum,” Verg. A. 5, 137: “intenti ora tenebant,” id. ib. 2, 1: “totam causam quam maxime intentis, quod aiunt, oculis contemplari,” Cic. Fl. 11: “intentaque tuis precibus se praebuit aure,” Tib. 4, 1, 132. — Comp.: “intentiore custodia aliquem asservare,” Liv. 39, 19.—Sup.: “cum intentissima conquisitione ad triginta milia peditum confecisset,” Liv. 29, 35: “intentissima cura aliquid consequi,” Quint. 10, 1, 111: “haec omnia intentissima cura acta,” Liv. 25, 22, 4. —
D. Strict: “intentum et magnis delictis inexorabilem scias,” Tac. A. 12, 42: “intentius delectum habere,” Liv. 8, 17: “intentiorem fore disciplinam,” Tac. A. 12, 42.—
E. Raised: “intento alimentorum pretio,” Tac. H. 1, 89. —
F. Of speech and style, vigorous, nervous: “sermo,” Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 255: “pars orationis,” id. ib. 2, 52, 211. — Adv.: in-tentē , with earnestness, attentively, intently: “pronuntiare,” Plin. Ep. 5, 19: “audire,” Quint. 2, 2, 13.— Comp. (cf. intense): “cum delectus intentius haberetur,” Liv. 8, 17: “et quo intentius custodiae serventur,” id. 25, 30, 5: “apparare proelium,” id. 8, 1: “se excusare,” Tac. A. 3, 35: “premere obsessos,” id. ib. 15, 13: “adesse alicui rei,” id. ib. 11, 11.—Sup.: “exspectans intentissime,” Lampr. Elag. 14. —
2. intensus , a, um.
A. Stretched, tightened, tight: per intensos funes ire, Sen. de Ira, 2, 13.—
B. Violent: “intensior impetus,” Sen. Ira, 2, 35: “virtus in mediocribus modice intensior,” Nazar. Pan. ad Const. 23, 2.—
C. Attentive; sup., Aug. Ep. 56 al.— Adv.: intensē , violently; comp.: intensius, Fronto de Fer. Als. 3 Mai.; Schol. Juv. 11, 15; sup.: “intensissime,” Aug. Mor. Eccl. 19.
