intendo

Italian

Verb

intendo

1. first-person singular present indicative of intendere

Anagrams

• dentino
• dentoni
• tendoni

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Latin

Etymology

From in- +‎ tendō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /inˈten.doː/, [ɪn̪ˈt̪ɛn̪d̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈten.do/, [in̪ˈt̪ɛn̪d̪o]

Verb

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

1. I stretch out, stretch, strain.
2. I turn my attention to, focus (on).
3. I aim, turn, direct.
4. I intend to
5. (Medieval Latin) I understand
   • 1678, du Cange, Glossarium mediæ et infimæ latinitatis, page 387c:

     Prophetarum verba... cum magna reverentia suscipienda sunt semper, et cum discretione intendenda.

6. (Medieval Latin) to hear.
   • 1678, du Cange, Glossarium mediæ et infimæ latinitatis, page 387b:

     Intende mihi, intende orationi meæ, intende deprecationem meam, etc.

7. (Medieval Latin) to think, believe.
   • 1678, du Cange, Glossarium mediæ et infimæ latinitatis, page 387c:

     Ut nobis obediant, pareant et intendant tanquam ipsorum dominum justum.

8. (Medieval Latin) to go to, travel.
   • 1678, du Cange, Glossarium mediæ et infimæ latinitatis, page 387c:

     De inveniendo unum hominum ad arma, et duos sagittarios ad equitandum, et de intendendo, ad Alençon.

9. (Medieval Latin with dative) I obey

Conjugation

• intēnsus occurs as a rare form of the perfect participle.

Conjugation of intendō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		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
		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
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	intende	—	—	intendite	—
	future	—	intenditō	intenditō	—	intenditōte	intenduntō
passive	present	—	intendere	—	—	intendiminī	—
	future	—	intenditor	intenditor	—	—	intenduntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		intendere	intendisse	intentūrum esse	intendī	intentum esse	intentum īrī
participles		intendēns	—	intentūrus	—	intentus	intendendus, intendundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		intendendī	intendendō	intendendum	intendendō	intentum	intentū

Derived terms

• intēnsus
• intentus
• intentō
• superintendēns

Descendants

• Anglo-Norman: entendre
• Aromanian: ntindu, ãntindu, ntindiri
• Asturian: entender
• Catalan: entendre
• English: intend
• Franco-Provençal: entendre
• French: entendre
• Friulian: intindi

• Galician: entender
• Italian: intendere
• Occitan: entendre
• Portuguese: entender, intender
• Romanian: întinde, întindere
• Sardinian: intèndhere, intendi, intèndiri, intènnere
• Sicilian: ntènniri
• Spanish: entender, intender
• Venetian: intender, intendar

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.
• 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 (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016