tendo

Esperanto

Noun

tendo (plural tendoj, accusative singular tendon, accusative plural tendojn)

1. tent

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Galician

Verb

tendo

1. gerund of ter

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Ido

Noun

tendo (plural tendi)

1. tent

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Italian

Verb

tendo

1. first-person singular present indicative of tendere

Anagrams

• tonde

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch, draw”) + *deh1-. Cognates include Ancient Greek τείνω (teinō), Sanskrit तनोति (tanóti) and Old English þennan.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈten.doː/

Verb

present active tendō, present infinitive tendere, perfect active tetendī, supine tentum

1. I stretch, stretch out, distend, extend.
2. I proceed.
3. I strive for; I reach for.
4. I pitch (a tent).

Inflection

• The supine form is spelled either tentum or tensum.

Conjugation of tendo (third conjugation)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	tendō	tendis	tendit	tendimus	tenditis	tendunt
	imperfect	tendēbam	tendēbās	tendēbat	tendēbāmus	tendēbātis	tendēbant
	future	tendam	tendēs	tendet	tendēmus	tendētis	tendent
	perfect	tetendī	tetendistī	tetendit	tetendimus	tetendistis	tetendērunt
	pluperfect	tetenderam	tetenderās	tetenderat	tetenderāmus	tetenderātis	tetenderant
	future perfect	tetenderō	tetenderis	tetenderit	tetenderimus	tetenderitis	tetenderint
passive	present	tendor	tenderis	tenditur	tendimur	tendiminī	tenduntur
	imperfect	tendēbar	tendēbāris	tendēbātur	tendēbāmur	tendēbāminī	tendēbantur
	future	tendar	tendēris	tendētur	tendēmur	tendēminī	tendentur
	perfect	tentus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	tentus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	tentus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	tendam	tendās	tendat	tendāmus	tendātis	tendant
	imperfect	tenderem	tenderēs	tenderet	tenderēmus	tenderētis	tenderent
	perfect	tetenderim	tetenderīs	tetenderit	tetenderīmus	tetenderītis	tetenderint
	pluperfect	tetendissem	tetendissēs	tetendisset	tetendissēmus	tetendissētis	tetendissent
passive	present	tendar	tendāris	tendātur	tendāmur	tendāminī	tendantur
	imperfect	tenderer	tenderēris	tenderētur	tenderēmur	tenderēminī	tenderentur
	perfect	tentus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	tentus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	tende	—	—	tendite	—
	future	—	tenditō	tenditō	—	tenditōte	tenduntō
passive	present	—	tendere	—	—	tendiminī	—
	future	—	tenditor	tenditor	—	—	tenduntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		tendere	tetendisse	tentūrus esse	tendī	tentus esse	tentum īrī
participles		tendēns	—	tentūrus	—	tentus	tendendus

Derived terms

attendō contendō detendō distendō

extendō intendō obtendō ostendō

pertendō praetendō protendō retendō

subtendō tensus

Related terms

• tendicula
• tendor
• tensiō

• tensūra
• tenta
• tentipellium

Descendants

• Aromanian: tindu, tindire
• English: tense
• French: tendre
• Friulian: tindi
• Italian: tendere

• Occitan: ténder, tendre
• Portuguese: tender
• Romanian: tinde, tindere
• Romansch: tender
• Spanish: tender

External links

• tendo in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtẽ.du/

Verb

tendo

1. Gerund of ter

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Swahili

Noun

tendo (ma class, plural matendo)

1. deed