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tensa

tensa · f

the chariot

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What it meant

1. tensa — Lewis & Short

tensa, ae, f.,

I the chariot or car on which the images of the gods were borne in the Circensian games.

I Lit.: tensam ait vocari Sinnius Capito vehiculum, quo exuviae deorum ludicris Circensibus in Circum ad pulvinar vehuntur. Fuit et ex ebore, ut apud Titinnium in Barbato, et ex argento, Fest. p. 364 Müll.; cf.: tensa a(/rma qew=n, Gloss. Philox.: via tensarum atque pompae, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 59, § 154; 2, 3, 3, § 6; 2, 5, 72, § 186: tensam ducere, Liv. 5, 41, 2; 9, 40, 16: deducere, Suet. Aug. 43; id. Vesp. 5; Inscr. Grut. 35, 12.—*

II Perh. for a carriage in gen.: vende tensam atque mulos: sine eam pedibus grassari, Titin. ap. Non. 316, 3.

2. tensa — Walde–Hofmann

tensa, -ae f. ,Prozessions-, Gótterwagen* (seit Titin, und Cic., vgl. Plut. Coriol 25 vàg xaÀouuévac 9/00ac): zur Wzerw. *ten-svon *en- „ziehen“, s. tendö (Osthoff IF, 8, 40). ! Da inschriftlich und handschriftlich (z. B. Serv. Aen, 1, 17) auch th- begegnet, nimmt Koch Gestirnverehrung im alten Italien 31! nicht wahrschl. etr. Ursprung an. tentipellium s. fend?. : tentus, -@, -wm ,gespannt" (s. tendö): — ai. tatäh, … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. tensa, p. 1574]

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