The corpus record — Latin

tensĭo

tensĭo · f

a stretching

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What it meant

tensĭo — Lewis & Short

tensĭo, ōnis, f.tendo,

I a stretching, stretching out, extension (post-Aug. and very rare).

I In gen.: papilionum, a setting up, pitching, Hyg. Gromat. init.— Plur.: bracchia, quae in eas tensiones includuntur, Vitr 1, 1 med.—

II In partic., a tension or contraction of the nerves, as a disease: nervorum, Scrib. Comp. 101; 255: praecordiorum, id. ib. 260; Veg. Vet. 1, 53 fin.

Where it came from

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