tendo — Lewis & Short
tendo (tenno), tĕtendi, tentum and tensum, 3, v. a. and n.root ten-, tan, v. teneo; cf. Gr. tei/nw.
I Act., to stretch, stretch out, distend, extend, etc. (class.; cf.: extendo, explico).
A Lit.
1 In gen.:
suntne igitur insidiae, tendere plagas?Cic. Off. 3, 17, 68:
plagam, Pac. ap. Fest. s. v. nequitum, p. 162 Müll.: quia non rete accipitri tennitur,Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 16 sq.; cf.:
retia (alicui),Prop. 2, 32 (3, 30), 20; Hor. Epod. 2, 33; Ov. M. 4, 513; 7, 701; 8, 331 al.:
casses alicui,Tib. 1, 6, 5:
intumescit collum, nervi tenduntur,Col. 6, 14, 4:
chordam,Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 55:
arcum,to bend, Verg. A. 7, 164; Hor. C. 2, 10, 20; Ov. M. 2, 604; 5, 55; 5, 63; Stat. S. 3, 1, 51.—Hence, poet. transf.:
sagittas Arcu,to shoot, hurl, Hor. C. 1, 29, 9; cf.:
spicula cornu,Verg. A. 9, 606:
pariterque oculos telumque,id. ib. 5, 508:
barbiton,to tune, Hor. C. 1, 1, 34; cf.:
tympana tenta tonant palmis,Lucr. 2, 618:
validā lora manu,Ov. Am. 3, 2, 72:
vela (Noti),to swell, Verg. A. 3, 268:
praecipiti carbasa tenta Noto,Ov. H. 10, 30:
praetorium,to stretch out, pitch, Caes. B. C. 3, 82: pelles in ordine tentae, Lucil. ap. Non. 181, 30:
conopia,Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 45: grabatos restibus, Lucil. ap. Non. 181, 29:
cubilia,Hor. Epod. 12, 12: manus ad caeli caerula templa, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 51 Vahl.); so, manus ad caelum, Caes. B. C. 2, 5; Verg. A. 3, 176:
bracchia ad caelum,Ov. M. 6, 279; 9, 293;
for which: bracchia caelo,id. ib. 2, 580;
9, 210: ad legatos atque exercitum supplices manus tendunt,Caes. B. C. 2, 12; so,
manus ad aliquem,id. B. G. 2, 13:
ad sidera palmas,Verg. A. 1, 93:
super aequora palmas,Ov. M. 8, 849:
ad aliquem orantia bracchia,id. P. 2, 9, 65:
manus supplices dis immortalibus,Cic. Font. 17, 48; cf.:
vobis supplex manus tendit patria communis,id. Cat. 4, 9, 18; so,
manus alicui,Caes. B. G. 7, 48; Ov. M. 3, 723; id. H. 10, 146:
manus supinas,Liv. 3, 50, 5:
manus ripae ulterioris amore,Verg. A. 6, 314; cf.
also: Graecia tendit dexteram Italiae,stretches forth, reaches, Cic. Phil. 10, 4, 9; id. Prov. Cons. 4, 9:
(conjux) parvum patri tendebat Iulum,reaches out, Verg. A. 2, 674:
tu munera supplex Tende, petens pacem,id. G. 4, 535:
quo tendant ferrum,aim, direct, id. A. 5, 489:
qua nunc se ponti plaga caerula tendit,stretches itself out, extends, Lucr. 5, 481. —
2 In partic.:
nervum tendere, in mal. part.,Auct. Priap. 70; cf. Mart. 11, 60, 3.—Hence, tentus, a lecherous man, Mart. 11, 73, 3; Auct. Priap. 20; 27; 34 al.; and tenta, ōrum, n., = membrum virile, Cat. 80, 6.—
B Trop.: insidiae tenduntur alicui, are spread out, laid (qs. like nets), Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 46:
insidias alicui,Sall. C. 27, 2; Suet. Caes. 35:
omnes insidias animis,Cic. Leg. 1, 17, 47:
animum vigilem,to strain, exert, Stat. Achill. 1, 543: longo tendit praecordia voto, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Ol. 66; cf.:
sunt quibus in Satirā videor nimis acer et ultra Legem tendere opus,i. e. to heighten, aggravate, Hor. S. 2, 1, 2:
aestivam sermone benigno noctem,to protract, extend, id. Ep. 1, 5, 11:
(lunam) Tanto posse minus cum Signis tendere cursum,to direct, Lucr. 5, 631:
cursum ex acie in Capitolia,Sil. 9, 216:
cursum ad agmina suorum,id. 10, 73:
iter ad naves,Verg. A. 1, 656:
iter pennis,id. ib. 6, 240:
ad dominum iter,Ov. M. 2, 547:
cursum unde et quo,Liv. 23, 34, 5:
iter in Hispaniam, Auct. B. Afr. 95: cunctis civibus lucem ingenii et consilii sui porrigens atque tendens,tendering, offering, Cic. de Or. 1, 40, 184.—
II Neutr.
A To direct one's self or one's course; to aim, strive, go, travel, march, tend, bend one's course in any direction (class.).
1 Lit.:
dubito an Venusiam tendam,Cic. Att. 16, 5, 3:
Beneventum,Hor. S. 1, 5, 71:
cursuque amens ad limina tendit,Verg. A. 2, 321:
ad castra,Liv. 9, 37:
in castra,id. 10, 36:
ad aedes,Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 89:
ad domum Bruti et Cassii,Suet. Caes. 85:
ad portus,Ov. M. 15, 690:
Ciconum ad oras,id. ib. 10, 3:
ad metam,id. ib. 15, 453; cf.:
cum alter ad alterum tenderemus,Plin. Ep. 1, 5, 9:
unde venis? et Quo tendis?Hor. S. 1, 9, 63; id. Ep. 1, 15, 11; id. C. 3, 3, 70:
quo tendere pergunt,Verg. A. 6, 198; Nep. Milt. 1, 6:
tendimus huc (sc. in Orcum) omnes,Ov. M. 10, 34 et saep. —
b Of things concrete or abstract, to go, proceed, extend, stretch, etc.:
in quem locum quaeque (imago) tendat,Lucr. 4, 179:
levibus in sublime tendentibus,Plin. 2, 5, 4, § 11:
sursum tendit palmes,Col. 5, 6, 28:
simulacra viis derectis omnia tendunt,Lucr. 4, 609.—Poet., with acc. of direction:
tunc aethera tendit,Luc. 7, 477:
dextera (via), quae Ditis magni sub moenia tendit,Verg. A. 6, 541:
gula tendit ad stomachum, is ad ventrem,reaches, extends, Plin. 11, 37, 66, § 176:
Taurus mons ad occasum tendens,id. 5, 27, 27, § 97; so id. 5, 5, 5, § 35; 16, 30, 53, § 122; cf.:
Portae Caspiae, quae per Iberiam in Sarmatas tendunt,id. 6, 13, 15, § 40:
seu mollis quā tendit Ionia,Prop. 1, 6, 31.—
2 Trop.
a In gen., to aim, strive, be directed or inclined, to tend in any direction:
ad reliqua alacri tendebamus animo,Cic. Div. 2, 2, 4; cf.:
ad altiora et non concessa tendere,Liv. 4, 13, 4:
ad majora,Quint. 2, 4, 20; 12, 2, 27:
ad eloquium,Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 17:
ad suum,Liv. 4, 9, 5; cf.:
ad Carthaginienses,id. 24, 5, 8:
cum alii alio tenderent,id. 24, 28, 1:
in diversum sententiae tendebant,id. 36, 10, 7: tenes, quorsum haec tendant, quae loquor, tend, look, = spectent, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 81; Hor. S. 2, 7, 21. —
(b) To exert one's self, to strive, endeavor (mostly poet.); with inf.:
(Laocoon) manibus tendit divellere nodos,Verg. A. 2, 220:
pasta (nitedula) rursus Ire foras pleno tendebat corpore frustra,Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 31: captae civitati leges imponere, Liv. 6, 38, 7; 24, 35; 10, 1:
quod efficere tendimus,Quint. 9, 1, 21:
fratresque tendentes opaco Pelion imposuisse Olympo,Hor. C. 3, 4, 51:
tendit disertus haberi,id. Ep. 1, 19, 16:
aqua tendit rumpere plumbum,id. ib. 1, 10, 20; Pers. 5, 139; Juv. 10, 154. — Absol.:
miles tendere, inde ad jurgium,insists, persists, Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 12. —
b In partic., to exert one's self in opposition, to strive, try, endeavor, contend (class. but not freq. till the Aug. per.):
nec nos obniti contra nec tendere tantum Sufficimus,Verg. A. 5, 21; cf.: nec mora nec requies;
vasto certamine tendunt,id. ib. 12, 553:
Petreius ubi videt Catilinam contra ac ratus erat magnā vi tendere,Sall. C. 60, 5; cf.:
summā vi,Liv. 32, 32, 7 Drak.:
adversus, etc.,id. 34, 34, 1:
contra,id. 35, 51, 6:
ultra,id. 24, 31, 4:
acrius,Tac. A. 2, 74; cf.:
acrius contra, ut, etc.,Liv. 3, 15, 2; so with ut, id. 4, 7, 8; with ne, id. 4, 8, 6:
quid tendit? cum efficere non possit, ut, etc.,what does he strive for? to what do his efforts tend? Cic. Fin. 2, 5, 16; cf.:
nihil illi tendere contra,Verg. A. 9, 377. —
B For tentoria tendere, to set up tents, to be under tents, be encamped, to encamp:
qui sub vallo tenderent mercatores,Caes. B. G. 6, 37; cf.:
omnibus extra vallum jussis tendere, Frontin. Strat. 4, 1, 18: vallo tendetis in illo,Luc. 7, 328:
hic Dolopum manus, hic saevus tendebat Achilles,Verg. A. 2, 29:
legio latis tendebat in arvis,id. ib. 8, 605:
isdem castris,Liv. 44, 13, 12; 27, 46; 44, 5; Suet. Galb. 12; 19; cf.:
isdem hibernis tendentes,Tac. H. 1, 55:
Lugduni tendentes,id. ib. 1, 59:
cum multitudo laxius tenderet,Curt. 3, 8, 18; 5, 7, 6; 7, 2, 37:
tendere in campis,id. 10, 7, 20. — Hence, tensus, a, um, P. a., stretched out, drawn tight, strained, tense (rare):
rectissima linea tensa,Quint. 3, 6, 83:
collum,id. 11, 3, 82; cf.:
remissis magis quam tensis (digitis),id. 11, 3, 99:
vox tensior (opp. remissior),id. 11, 3, 42:
lacerti,Luc. 7, 469:
rudentes,id. 2, 683:
frons,Lucr. 6, 1195:
tormento citharāque tensior,Auct. Priap. 6 and 70.—Sup. and adv. do not occur.