attendo
See also: attendò
Italian
Verb
attendo
Anagrams
Latin
Alternative forms
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/, [ät̪ˈt̪ɛn̪d̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /atˈten.do/, [ät̪ˈt̪ɛn̪d̪o]
Verb
attendō (present infinitive attendere, perfect active attendī, supine attentum); third conjugation
- I pay attention, attend (to).
- I direct or turn toward.
Conjugation
Descendants
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)
- to turn one's attention to a thing: animum attendere ad aliquid