tendo

See also: tendó and tendo-

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tenda, English tent and French tente, voicing of the second -t- was preferred because tent- was taken by tenti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtendo/
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  • Rhymes: -endo
  • Syllabification: ten‧do

Noun

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

  1. tent

Galician

Verb

tendo

  1. gerund of ter

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto tendoEnglish tentFrench tenteItalian tendaSpanish tienda, from Vulgar Latin *tenda, from Latin tendō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtendo/

Noun

tendo (plural tendi)

  1. tent

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛn.do/
  • Rhymes: -ɛndo
  • Hyphenation: tèn‧do

Verb

tendo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of tendere

Anagrams

Latin

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

    From Proto-Italic *tendō, from Proto-Indo-European *ténd-e-ti, from Proto-Indo-European *tend-, extension of Proto-Indo-European *ten- (to stretch, draw).[1] 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. The perfect stem, tetend-, is a combination of the present stem tend- and the Proto-Italic perfect stem teton-.

    Verb

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

    1. to stretch, stretch out, distend, extend
    2. to direct one's self or one's course; to aim, strive, go, travel, march, tend, bend one's course in any direction
      Synonyms: lūctor, certō, cōnītor, cōnor, ēnītor, ēlabōrō, appetō, affectō, temptō, quaerō, studeō, contendō, adnītor, īnsequor, labōrō, pugnō, molior, perīclitor, nītor, spectō, intendō
      Antonyms: āversor, abhorreō, dēclīnō
      • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.204–206:
        “Per variōs cāsūs, per tot discrīmina rērum,
        tendimus in Latium, sēdēs ubi fāta quiētās
        ostendunt; illīc fās rēgna resurgere Troiae.”
        “Through varied misfortunes, through so many hazards of circumstances, we aim our course into Latium, where the Fates reveal [to us a] peaceful homeland; there it is divine will that the kingdom of Troy shall rise again.”
    3. to go, proceed, extend, stretch
    4. to aim, strive, be directed or inclined, to tend in any direction
    5. to exert one's self, to strive, endeavor
      • 29-19 BC, Virgil, Aeneid, volume II.220v:
        Ille (Laocoon) simul manibus tendit divellere nodos, [...]
        He (Laocoon) immediately endeavoured to loosen the knots fettering him with his hands, [...]
    6. (in particular) To exert one's self in opposition, to strive, try, endeavor, contend
    7. to set up tents, to be under tents, be encamped, to encamp
    8. to speak to somebody
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    Etymology 2

    Borrowed from Ancient Greek τένων (ténōn, sinew, tendon), with spelling influenced by tendō (verb). Doublet of tenōn which was borrowed earlier.

    Noun

    tendō m (genitive tendinis); third declension (Medieval Latin)

    1. (anatomy) tendon
    Inflection

    Third-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative tendō tendinēs
    genitive tendinis tendinum
    dative tendinī tendinibus
    accusative tendinem tendinēs
    ablative tendine tendinibus
    vocative tendō tendinēs
    Derived terms
    Descendants

    References

    1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “tendō, -ere”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 612
    2. ^ Sihler, Andrew L. (1995), New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 206

    Further reading

    • 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

    Portuguese

    Pronunciation

     

    Verb

    tendo

    1. gerund of ter

    Verb

    tendo

    1. first-person singular present indicative of tender

    Swahili

    Etymology

    From -tenda (to act, to do) +‎ -o.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    tendo class V (plural matendo class VI)

    1. deed, action, act