protendo

protendo

Italian

Verb

protendo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of protendere

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

    From prō- (from, in the place of; for) + tendō (stretch, strive for).

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    prōtendō (present infinitive prōtendere, perfect active prōtendī, supine prōtēnsum); third conjugation

    1. to extend or distend
    2. to prolong or lengthen

    Conjugation

    • Note: Supine and perfect forms may be of the form prōtentus rather than prōtēnsus.

    Descendants

    • English: protend
    • Italian: protendere
    • Sicilian: prutènniri

    References

    • protendo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • protendo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • protendo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.