intendo

Italian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /inˈtɛn.do/
Rhymes: -ɛndo
Hyphenation: in‧tèn‧do

Verb

intendo

first-person singular present indicative of intendere

Anagrams

dentino, dentoni, tendoni

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Italic *en

Proto-Italic *en-

Latin in-

Proto-Indo-European *ten-

Proto-Indo-European *tend-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *téndeti

Proto-Italic *tendō

Latin tendō

Latin intendō

From in- + tendō.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪnˈtɛn.doː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [inˈtɛn.do]

Verb

intendō (present infinitive intendere, perfect active intendī, supine intentum or intensum); third conjugation

to stretch out; to strain
to turn one's attention to, focus (on)
Synonyms: attendō, advertō, animadvertō, adversō
to aim, turn, direct
to intend to, aim, seek
Synonyms: dēstinō, tendō, petō, quaerō, affectō, studeō, spectō, quaesō, circumspiciō

Antonyms: āversor, abhorreō, dēclīnō
(Medieval Latin) to understand
(Medieval Latin) to hear
(Medieval Latin) to think, believe
(Medieval Latin) to go to, travel
(Medieval Latin with dative) to obey

Conjugation

Conjugation of intendō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	intendō	intendis		intendit	intendimus	intenditis		intendunt
	imperfect	intendēbam	intendēbās		intendēbat	intendēbāmus	intendēbātis		intendēbant
	future	intendam	intendēs		intendet	intendēmus	intendētis		intendent
	perfect	intendī	intendistī		intendit	intendimus	intendistis		intendērunt, intendēre
	pluperfect	intenderam	intenderās		intenderat	intenderāmus	intenderātis		intenderant
	future perfect	intenderō	intenderis		intenderit	intenderimus	intenderitis		intenderint
passive	present	intendor	intenderis, intendere		intenditur	intendimur	intendiminī		intenduntur
	imperfect	intendēbar	intendēbāris, intendēbāre		intendēbātur	intendēbāmur	intendēbāminī		intendēbantur
	future	intendar	intendēris, intendēre		intendētur	intendēmur	intendēminī		intendentur
	perfect	intentus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	intentus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	intentus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	intendam	intendās		intendat	intendāmus	intendātis		intendant
	imperfect	intenderem	intenderēs		intenderet	intenderēmus	intenderētis		intenderent
	perfect	intenderim	intenderīs		intenderit	intenderīmus	intenderītis		intenderint
	pluperfect	intendissem	intendissēs		intendisset	intendissēmus	intendissētis		intendissent
passive	present	intendar	intendāris, intendāre		intendātur	intendāmur	intendāminī		intendantur
	imperfect	intenderer	intenderēris, intenderēre		intenderētur	intenderēmur	intenderēminī		intenderentur
	perfect	intentus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	intentus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	intende		—	—	intendite		—
active	future	—	intenditō		intenditō	—	intenditōte		intenduntō
passive	present	—	intendere		—	—	intendiminī		—
passive	future	—	intenditor		intenditor	—	—		intenduntor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		intendere		intendī		intendēns		—
future		intentūrum esse		intentum īrī		intentūrus		intendendus, intendundus
perfect		intendisse		intentum esse		—		intentus
future perfect		—		intentum fore		—		—
perfect potential		intentūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		intendendī	intendendō		intendendum	intendendō	intentum		intentū

Derived terms

Descendants

Insular Romance:
- Sardinian: intèndhere, intendi, intèndiri, intènnere
Balkano-Romance:
- Aromanian: ntindu, ãntindu, ntindiri
- Romanian: întinde, întindere
Italo-Dalmatian:
- Italian: intendere
- Neapolitan: ntennire
- Sicilian: ntènniri
- Venetan: intender, intendar
Rhaeto-Romance:
- Friulian: intindi
Northern Gallo-Romance:
- Franco-Provençal: entendre
- Old French: entendre (see there for further descendants)
Southern Gallo-Romance:
- Catalan: entendre
- Occitan: entendre
Ibero Romance:
- Aragonese: entender
- Asturian: entender
- Mirandese: antender
- Old Galician-Portuguese: entender
  - Galician: entender
  - Portuguese: entender
- Old Spanish: entender
  - Ladino: entender
  - Spanish: entender (see there for further descendants)
Borrowings:
- → German: intendieren

References

“intendo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“intendo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
“intendo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
"intendere", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to journey towards a place: iter aliquo dirigere, intendere
- to gaze intently all around: in omnes partes aciem (oculorum) intendere
- to direct one's attention..: cogitationem, animum in aliquid intendere (Acad. 4. 46)
- to go to law with, sue a person: litem alicui intendere
intendo in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016