tensa

See also: tensá

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈtɛn.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈten.sa]

Adjective

tensa

1. feminine singular of tens

Chamicuro

Noun

tensa

1. milk

Latin

Pronunciation

• tēnsa: (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈten.sa/, [ˈt̪ẽːs̠ä]
• tēnsa: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈten.sa/, [ˈt̪ɛnsä]
• tēnsā: (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈten.saː/, [ˈt̪ẽːs̠äː]
• tēnsā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈten.sa/, [ˈt̪ɛnsä]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *ten-s-ā, from Proto-Indo-European *ten-s-eh₂, *tn̥-s-eh₂, from *ten- (“to stretch, to extend”). See teneō.

Noun

tēnsa f (genitive tēnsae); first declension

1. the chariot or car on which the images of the gods were borne in the Circensian games
2. (in general) a carriage

Inflection

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tēnsa	tēnsae
Genitive	tēnsae	tēnsārum
Dative	tēnsae	tēnsīs
Accusative	tēnsam	tēnsās
Ablative	tēnsā	tēnsīs
Vocative	tēnsa	tēnsae

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

tēnsa

1. inflection of tēnsus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

tēnsā

1. ablative feminine singular of tēnsus

References

• “tensa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “tensa”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tensa 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)
• tensa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “tensa”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Anagrams

• antes

Portuguese

Adjective

tensa

1. feminine singular of tenso

Spanish

Adjective

tensa

1. feminine singular of tenso

Verb

tensa

1. inflection of tensar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative