tendo

See also: tendó

Esperanto

Noun

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

1. tent

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Galician

Verb

tendo

1. gerund of ter

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Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto tendo, from English tent, French tente, Italian tenda, Spanish tienda, from Vulgar Latin *tenda, from Latin tendō.

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-Italic *tendō, from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch, draw”). Sihler traces the /d/ back to the ordinary present suffix -ye in position after *n (cf. offendō, dēfendō from *gʷʰen-ye-). Cognates include Ancient Greek τείνω (teínō), Sanskrit तनोति (tanóti) and Old English þennan.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈten.doː/, [ˈtɛn.doː]

Verb

tendō (present infinitive tendere, perfect active tetendī, supine tentum); third conjugation

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 either tentum or tēnsum.

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, tetendēre
	pluperfect	tetenderam	tetenderās	tetenderat	tetenderāmus	tetenderātis	tetenderant
	future perfect	tetenderō	tetenderis	tetenderit	tetenderimus	tetenderitis	tetenderint
passive	present	tendor	tenderis, tendere	tenditur	tendimur	tendiminī	tenduntur
	imperfect	tendēbar	tendēbāris, tendēbāre	tendēbātur	tendēbāmur	tendēbāminī	tendēbantur
	future	tendar	tendēris, tendēre	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, tendāre	tendātur	tendāmur	tendāminī	tendantur
	imperfect	tenderer	tenderēris, tenderēre	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
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		nominative	genitive	dative/ablative	accusative	accusative	ablative
		tendere	tendendī	tendendō	tendendum	tentum	tentū

Derived terms

Terms derived from tendo

• attendō
• contendō
• detendō
• distendō
• extendō

• intendō
• obtendō
• ostendō
• pertendō
• portendō

• praetendō
• protendō
• retendō
• subtendō
• tēnsus

Related terms

Terms related to tendo

• tendicula
• tendor

• tēnsiō
• tēnsūra

• tenta
• tentipellium

Descendants

• Aromanian: tindu, tindiri
• Asturian: tender
• Catalan: tendir
• English: tend, tense
• Franco-Provençal: tendre
• French: tendre
• Friulian: tindi
• Istriot: tendi

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

References

• tendo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• tendo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tendo 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: tendere aliquo
    
  • where are you going: quo tendis?
    
  • to study the commonplace: cogitationes in res humiles abicere (De Amic. 9. 32) (Opp. alte spectare, ad altiora tendere, altum, magnificum, divinum suspicere)
    
  • to waylay a person: insidias alicui parare, facere, struere, instruere, tendere
    
  • to raise the hands to heaven (attitude of prayer): (supinas) manus ad caelum tendere
    

Further reading

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

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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