attendo

See also: attendò

Italian

Verb

attendo

1. first-person singular present indicative of attendere

Anagrams

• dentato
• dettano
• dotante

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Latin

Alternative forms

• adtendō

Etymology

From ad- +‎ tendō (“stretch, extend”). Originally used in relation to the stretching of a bow, when taking aim at a target.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /atˈten.doː/, [atˈtɛn.doː]

Verb

attendō (present infinitive attendere, perfect active attendī, supine attentum); third conjugation

1. I pay attention, attend (to).
2. I direct or turn toward.

Inflection

Conjugation of attendo (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	attendō	attendis	attendit	attendimus	attenditis	attendunt
	imperfect	attendēbam	attendēbās	attendēbat	attendēbāmus	attendēbātis	attendēbant
	future	attendam	attendēs	attendet	attendēmus	attendētis	attendent
	perfect	attendī	attendistī	attendit	attendimus	attendistis	attendērunt, attendēre
	pluperfect	attenderam	attenderās	attenderat	attenderāmus	attenderātis	attenderant
	future perfect	attenderō	attenderis	attenderit	attenderimus	attenderitis	attenderint
passive	present	attendor	attenderis, attendere	attenditur	attendimur	attendiminī	attenduntur
	imperfect	attendēbar	attendēbāris, attendēbāre	attendēbātur	attendēbāmur	attendēbāminī	attendēbantur
	future	attendar	attendēris, attendēre	attendētur	attendēmur	attendēminī	attendentur
	perfect	attentus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	attentus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	attentus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	attendam	attendās	attendat	attendāmus	attendātis	attendant
	imperfect	attenderem	attenderēs	attenderet	attenderēmus	attenderētis	attenderent
	perfect	attenderim	attenderīs	attenderit	attenderīmus	attenderītis	attenderint
	pluperfect	attendissem	attendissēs	attendisset	attendissēmus	attendissētis	attendissent
passive	present	attendar	attendāris, attendāre	attendātur	attendāmur	attendāminī	attendantur
	imperfect	attenderer	attenderēris, attenderēre	attenderētur	attenderēmur	attenderēminī	attenderentur
	perfect	attentus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	attentus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	attende	—	—	attendite	—
	future	—	attenditō	attenditō	—	attenditōte	attenduntō
passive	present	—	attendere	—	—	attendiminī	—
	future	—	attenditor	attenditor	—	—	attenduntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		attendere	attendisse	attentūrus esse	attendī	attentus esse	attentum īrī
participles		attendēns	—	attentūrus	—	attentus	attendendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		nominative	genitive	dative/ablative	accusative	accusative	ablative
		attendere	attendendī	attendendō	attendendum	attentum	attentū

Descendants

• Catalan: atendre
• English: attend
• French: attendre

• Italian: attendere
• Portuguese: atender
• Spanish: atender

References

• attendo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• attendo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• attendo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to turn one's attention to a thing: animum attendere ad aliquid
    
  • to attend carefully: diligenter attendere (aliquid)