protendo

Italian

Verb

protendo

1. first-person singular present indicative of protendere

Anagrams

• portendo

Latin

Etymology

From prō- (“from, in the place of; for”) +‎ tendō (“stretch, strive for”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /proːˈten.doː/, [proːˈt̪ɛn̪d̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /proˈten.do/, [proˈt̪ɛn̪d̪o]

Verb

prōtendō (present infinitive prōtendere, perfect active prōtendī, supine prōtēnsum); third conjugation

1. to extend or distend
2. to prolong or lengthen

Conjugation

• Note: Supine and perfect forms may be of the form prōtentus rather than prōtēnsus.

Conjugation of prōtendō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	prōtendō	prōtendis	prōtendit	prōtendimus	prōtenditis	prōtendunt
	imperfect	prōtendēbam	prōtendēbās	prōtendēbat	prōtendēbāmus	prōtendēbātis	prōtendēbant
	future	prōtendam	prōtendēs	prōtendet	prōtendēmus	prōtendētis	prōtendent
	perfect	prōtendī	prōtendistī	prōtendit	prōtendimus	prōtendistis	prōtendērunt, prōtendēre
	pluperfect	prōtenderam	prōtenderās	prōtenderat	prōtenderāmus	prōtenderātis	prōtenderant
	future perfect	prōtenderō	prōtenderis	prōtenderit	prōtenderimus	prōtenderitis	prōtenderint
passive	present	prōtendor	prōtenderis, prōtendere	prōtenditur	prōtendimur	prōtendiminī	prōtenduntur
	imperfect	prōtendēbar	prōtendēbāris, prōtendēbāre	prōtendēbātur	prōtendēbāmur	prōtendēbāminī	prōtendēbantur
	future	prōtendar	prōtendēris, prōtendēre	prōtendētur	prōtendēmur	prōtendēminī	prōtendentur
	perfect	prōtēnsus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	prōtēnsus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	prōtēnsus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	prōtendam	prōtendās	prōtendat	prōtendāmus	prōtendātis	prōtendant
	imperfect	prōtenderem	prōtenderēs	prōtenderet	prōtenderēmus	prōtenderētis	prōtenderent
	perfect	prōtenderim	prōtenderīs	prōtenderit	prōtenderīmus	prōtenderītis	prōtenderint
	pluperfect	prōtendissem	prōtendissēs	prōtendisset	prōtendissēmus	prōtendissētis	prōtendissent
passive	present	prōtendar	prōtendāris, prōtendāre	prōtendātur	prōtendāmur	prōtendāminī	prōtendantur
	imperfect	prōtenderer	prōtenderēris, prōtenderēre	prōtenderētur	prōtenderēmur	prōtenderēminī	prōtenderentur
	perfect	prōtēnsus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	prōtēnsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	prōtende	—	—	prōtendite	—
	future	—	prōtenditō	prōtenditō	—	prōtenditōte	prōtenduntō
passive	present	—	prōtendere	—	—	prōtendiminī	—
	future	—	prōtenditor	prōtenditor	—	—	prōtenduntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		prōtendere	prōtendisse	prōtēnsūrum esse	prōtendī	prōtēnsum esse	prōtēnsum īrī
participles		prōtendēns	—	prōtēnsūrus	—	prōtēnsus	prōtendendus, prōtendundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		prōtendendī	prōtendendō	prōtendendum	prōtendendō	prōtēnsum	prōtēnsū

Descendants

• English: protend
• Italian: protendere
• Sicilian: prutènniri

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.