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  • 1 cōnītor

        cōnītor (not conn-), nīsus or nīxus, ī    [com- + nitor], dep., to put forth all one's strength, make an effort, strive, struggle, endeavor: omnes conisi hostem avertunt, L.: valido corpore: dextrā, V.: omnibus copiis, L.: uno animo invadere hostem, L.: sese ut erigant.—To press upon, press toward, struggle toward, strive to reach: summā in iugum virtute, Cs.: in unum locum, L.—To labor, be in labor: Spem gregis conixa reliquit, V.—Fig., to endeavor, struggle: ut omnes intellegant: ratio conixa per se, putting forth her own energy: ad convincendum eum, Ta.: omnibus copiis, L.
    * * *
    I
    coniti, conisus sum V DEP
    strain, strive (physically); put forth; endeavor eagerly; struggle (to reach)
    II
    coniti, conixus sum V DEP
    strain, strive (physically); put forth; endeavor eagerly; struggle (to reach)

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  • 2 cōnātus

        cōnātus ūs, m    [conor], an attempt, effort, undertaking, enterprise, endeavor: audax, L.: hoc conatu destiterunt, Cs.: princeps ad conatum exercitūs conparandi: conatum Antoni reppulerunt: de spe conatuque depulsus: compressi tuos conatūs: multis frustra conatibus captis, L.: in mediis conatibus aegri Succidimus, V. — Effort, exertion, struggle, endeavor: quo maiore conatu aguntur: ad hostes magno conatu profectus, L. — A beginning, undertaking: in ipso conatu rerum circumegit se annus, L.: tantis fatum conatibus obstat, O.—Fig., an impulse, inclination, tendency: conatum habere ad pastūs capessendos.
    * * *
    attempt, effort; exertion, struggle; impulse, tendency; endeavor, design

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  • 3 molior

    mōlĭor, ītus, 4 ( inf. molirier for moliri, Lucr. 5, 934), v. dep. n. and a. [moles].
    I.
    Neutr.
    A.
    To set one's self or one's powers in motion, to make exertions, exert one's self, to endeavor, struggle, strive, toil, etc. (rare but class.;

    syn.: conor, nitor): viden ut misere moliuntur?

    Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 32:

    agam per me ipse et moliar,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 10, 2:

    nōsti mores mulierum: Dum moliuntur, dum comuntur, annus est,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 2, 11:

    horam amplius jam in demoliendo signo permulti homines moliebantur,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 95.—
    B.
    To set one's self in motion, endeavor to depart, to depart:

    molientem hinc Hannibalem,

    Liv. 28, 44:

    dum naves moliuntur a terra,

    id. 37, 11:

    in quam (insulam) gladiatores navibus molientes,

    Tac. H. 2, 35.—
    II.
    Act.
    A.
    To labor upon any thing, exert one's self at or upon, set in motion, work an instrument or engine; to work any thing (cf. ago; class.).
    1.
    Nihil enim agit (vita deorum),... nulla opera molitur, Cic. N. D. 1, 19, 51:

    res dura et regni novitas me talia cogant moliri,

    Verg. A. 1, 564: validam in vites molire bipennem, to work, i. e. wield, id. G. 4, 331: ancoras, to work, i. e. hoist the anchor, weigh anchor, Liv. 28, 17:

    agricola incurvo terram molitus aratro,

    i. e. to work, cultivate, till the ground, Verg. G. 1, 494; Col. 1 praef. 17;

    11, 2, 19: erro molirier arva,

    Lucr. 5, 932: fores, to work, i. e. to force, to break open, Tac. A. 1, 39; 2, 82; Liv. 23, 18, 2; 24, 46, 5:

    Atharrias ad Philotam missus clausum aditum domus moliebatur,

    Curt. 6, 8, 20:

    habenas,

    to guide, Verg. A. 12, 327:

    fulmina molitur dextrā,

    hurls, id. G. 1, 329:

    ignem,

    id. A. 10, 131:

    opera,

    to begin work, Col. 11, 2, 2:

    aliquid sub divo moliri potest,

    id. 1, 8, 9.—
    2.
    To set in motion, bestir, rouse, cause to remove, displace (syn.:

    deicio, deturbo): montes suā sede,

    displaces, Liv. 9, 3:

    corpora ex somno moliebantur,

    aroused, id. 36, 24, 3:

    onera objecta,

    id. 25, 36.—
    3.
    To build, make, erect, construct (syn.:

    condo, fundo, construo): muros,

    to build, Verg. A. 3, 132:

    classem,

    id. ib. 3, 6:

    arcem,

    id. ib. 1, 424:

    atrium,

    Hor. C. 3, 1, 46:

    aedem,

    Flor. 1, 7:

    locum,

    prepares, Verg. A. 7, 158:

    pocula de inimicorum capitibus hominum,

    to construct, make, Sol. 15.—
    B.
    Trop., to endeavor to do; to undertake, attempt, set about any thing (cf.:

    aggredior, apparo): nec ea, quae agunt, molientes cum labore operoso,

    performing, doing, Cic. N. D. 2, 23, 59:

    viam clipei molita per oras,

    made its way, Verg. A. 10, 477:

    inde datum molitur iter,

    id. ib. 6, 477:

    jamque alio moliris iter,

    Stat. S. 5, 2, 61:

    viam et gressus,

    Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 278; 3, 438: animum, to form or acquire for one's self, Ov. A. A. 2, 119:

    laborem,

    to undertake, Verg. A. 4, 233:

    struere et moliri aliquid calamitatis alicui,

    to try to bring upon, Cic. Clu. 64, 178:

    fortissimis atque optimis civibus periculum moliri,

    id. Sest. 1, 1:

    pestem patriae nefarie,

    id. Cat. 2, 1, 1:

    perniciem rei publicae,

    id. ib. 1, 2, 5: insidias avibus, to lay snares, Verg. G. 1, 271:

    crimina et accusatorem,

    to bring about, find out, Tac. A. 12, 22:

    triumphos,

    Ov. M. 14, 719:

    fugam,

    Verg. A. 2, 109:

    moram,

    to cause, make, occasion, id. ib. 1, 414:

    opem extremam alicui,

    Val. Fl. 6, 431:

    dolos apertos,

    to devise, id. 5, 249:

    bellum in animo,

    to design, meditate, Vell. 2, 46:

    Athenienses urbem ex integro condere moliuntur,

    Just. 2, 15, 1:

    mundum efficere moliens deus,

    attempting, Cic. Univ. 4:

    fallere,

    Val. Fl. 3, 491:

    de occupando regno moliens,

    striving to usurp the government, Cic. Rep. 2, 35, 60:

    nuptias,

    to bring about, Tac. A. 12, 3:

    apud judices oratione molienda sunt amor, odium, etc.,

    are to be excited, called forth, Cic. de Or. 2, 51, 206:

    tumorem,

    Col. 6, 17:

    vorandi facultatem,

    Cels. 1, 3:

    fidem moliri coepit,

    began to meddle with, disturb, Liv. 6, 11, 8.

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  • 4 cōnor

        cōnor ātus, ārī,    to undertake, endeavor, attempt, try, venture, seek, aim, make an effort, begin, make trial of: (mulieres) dum conantur, annus est, T.: audax ad conandum: conari desistis: conari consuescere, N.: ego obviam conabar tibi, was going to find you, T.: quicquam Fallaciae, T.: id quod conantur consequi, their ends: tantam rem, L.: multa stulte, N.: plurima frustra, V.: Ter conatus utramque viam, V.: id ne fieret omnia conanda esse, L.: ius suum exsequi, Cs.: rem labefactare: haec delere: frustra loqui, O.: frustra dehortando impedire, N.: si perrumpere possent, Cs.
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    conari, conatus sum V DEP
    attempt/try/endeavor, make an effort; exert oneself; try to go/rise/speak

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  • 5 mōlior

        mōlior ītus, īrī, dep.    [moles], to make exertion, exert oneself, endeavor, struggle, strive, toil: in demoliendo signo: Dum moliuntur annus est, T.— To labor upon, set in motion, work, ply: nulla opera: validam in vitīs bipennem, wield, V.: ancoras, weigh anchor, L.: terram aratro, till, V.: portas, try, L.: clausum aditum domūs, Cu.: habenas, guide, V.: fulmina dextra, hurl, V.— To set out, start, depart: dum (naves) moliuntur a terrā, L. — To set in motion, bestir, rouse, cause to remove, displace, start: montes suā sede, L.: classem, V.: corpora ex somno, L.— To build, make, erect, construct: muros, V.: atrium, H.: locum, prepares, V.—Fig., to endeavor to do, undertake, attempt, set about, be busy with: multa simul, S.: ea, quae agant, cum labore operoso, perform: (hasta) viam clipei molita per oras, made its way, V.: inde datum molitur iter, V.: animum, form, O.: laborem, undertake, V.: aliquid calamitatis filio, contrive: pestem patriae nefarie: insidias avibus, lay snares, V.: triumphos, O.: moram, occasion, V.: de occupando regno moliens, striving to usurp: apud iudices oratione molienda sunt amor, odium, etc., are to be excited: fidem moliri coepit, disturb, L.: redire molientem (Antonium) reppulistis: Reicere vestem molibar, O.: adversus fortunam, to struggle, Ta.: consiliis res externas, Ta.
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    moliri, molitus sum V DEP
    struggle, labor, labor at; construct, build; undertake, set in motion, plan

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  • 6 connitor

    I
    conniti, connisus sum V DEP
    endeavor eagerly; struggle; strain, strive
    II
    conniti, connixus sum V DEP
    strain, strive (physically); put forth; endeavor eagerly; struggle (to reach)

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  • 7 conatus

    cōnātus, ūs, m. [conor].
    I.
    Abstr., an effort, exertion, struggle, endeavor: ue [p. 396] ista hercle magno jam conatu magnas nugas dixerit, Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 8:

    quo majore conatu studioque aguntur,

    Cic. Quint. 14, 47:

    omnem sui tribunatus conatum in meam perniciem parare,

    id. Fam. 5, 2, 6:

    Genucius ad hostes magno conatu profectus,

    Liv. 7, 6, 9:

    in ipso conatu rerum circumegit se annus,

    i. e. just as the affair was well begun, id. 9, 18, 15 Weissenb. ad loc.:

    vixdum inchoatis rebus in ipso conatu gerendi belli,

    id. 32, 28, 4.—
    B.
    Trop., an impulse, inclination, tendency:

    dedit natura beluis et sensum et appetitum, ut altero conatum haberent ad naturales pastus capessendos, altero secernerent, etc.,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 122:

    nulla est ullo in genere laus orationis, cujus in nostris orationibus non sit aliqua si non perfectio, at conatus tamen atque adumbratio,

    id. Or. 29, 103:

    se ad hostes contulit conatumque iracundiae suae morte sedavit,

    id. Brut. 10, 42.—
    II.
    Concr., an attempt, effort, undertaking, enterprise, endeavor.
    (α).
    Sing.:

    alii, si perrumpere possent conati... telis repulsi hoc conatu destiterunt,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 8 fin.:

    principem esse ad conatum exercitus conparandi,

    Cic. Phil. 10, 11, 24:

    hac ego religione non sum ab hoc conatu repulsus,

    id. Or. 11, 36:

    si in me impetum facere conabitur... ejus conatum refutabo,

    id. Har. Resp. 4, 7:

    Icarus primo statim conatu decidit,

    Suet. Ner. 12:

    a conatu resistendi deterritus se dedidit,

    Nep. Dat. 4, 5.—
    (β).
    Plur.:

    compressi tuos nefarios conatus,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 11:

    perditi,

    id. Off. 1, 30, 109:

    quod conatus adversariorum infregissent,

    Caes. B, G. 2, 21:

    aut opprimet hominem aut omnis ejus motus conatusque prohibebit,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 12, 26:

    multis frustra conatibus captis,

    Liv. 3, 5, 6; 9, 4, 1; 21, 29, 5:

    conatibus alicujus accedere,

    Suet. Oth. 4:

    in mediis conatibus aegri Succidimus,

    Verg. A. 12, 910:

    obstare conatibus nostris,

    Ov. R. Am. 683; Auct. B. Alex. 9; cf.:

    optimi et clarissimi,

    Cic. Fam. 12, 10, 2:

    generosi,

    Quint. 2, 4, 4:

    crebri parvique,

    id. 8, 5, 29:

    ingentes adversus Germaniam,

    Tac. Agr. 13:

    vibrare nudis conatibus hastam,

    Sil. 13, 161:

    conatus alicujus supra vires,

    Scrib. Comp. 101.

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  • 8 peto

    pĕto, īvi and ĭi, ītum, 3 ( perf. petīt, Verg. A. 9, 9;

    Ov F. 1, 109: petisti,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 11; Verg. A. 4, 100; 12, 359:

    petistis,

    Auct. Her. 4, 15, 22:

    petissem,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 55, 145; Ov. M. 5, 26; Liv. 30, 25, 2:

    petisse,

    Cic. Quint. 11, 37; id. Verr. 2, 4, 63, § 140; Ov. [p. 1365] M. 9, 623; cf. Neue, Formenl. 2, 516 sq.), v. a. [Sanscr. root pat-, to fall upon, fly, find; Gr. pet- in piptô (pi-petô), to fall; cf. Lat. impetus and in petomai, to fly; cf. Lat. penna, acci-pit-er, etc.; the root of piptô, and therefore orig. to fall, fall upon; hence, to endeavor to reach or attain any thing].
    I.
    To fall upon any thing.
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In a hostile sense, to rush at, attack, assault, assail; to let fly at, aim a blow at, thrust at, etc. (class.; cf.:

    invado, aggredior): gladiatores et vitando caute, et petendo vehementer,

    Cic. Or. 68, 228:

    cujus latus mucro ille petebat,

    id. Lig. 3, 9:

    non latus aut ventrem, sed caput et collum petere,

    to thrust at, id. Mur. 26, 52:

    aliquem spiculo infeste,

    Liv. 2, 20:

    aliquem mālo,

    to throw an apple at any one, Verg. E. 3, 64:

    alicui ungue genas,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 452:

    aliquem saxis, id. de Nuce, 2: aprum jaculis,

    Suet. Tib. 72:

    aëra disco,

    Hor. S. 2, 2, 13:

    bello Penatìs,

    Verg. A. 3, 603:

    armis patriam,

    Vell. 2, 68, 3.—
    2.
    Without the notion of hostility: petere collum alicujus amplexu, to fall upon one's neck, to embrace one, M. Cael. ap. Quint. 4, 2, 124.—Esp. freq., to seek, to direct one's course to, to go or repair to, to make for, travel to a place:

    grues loca calidiora petentes,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 125:

    Cyzicum,

    id. Fam. 14, 4, 3:

    Dyrrhachium,

    id. Planc. 41, 97:

    naves,

    to seek, take refuge in their ships, Nep. Milt. 5, 5:

    caelum pennis,

    to fly, Ov. F. 3, 457:

    Graiis Phasi petite viris,

    visited by the Greeks, id. P. 4, 10, 52:

    Metellus Postumium ad bellum gerendum Africam petentem,... urbem egredi passus non est,

    attempting to go, starting, Val. Max. 1, 1, 2.— Transf., of things, to proceed or go towards:

    campum petit amnis,

    Verg. G. 3, 522:

    mons petit astra,

    towers toward the stars, Ov. M. 1, 316: aliquem, to seek, go to a person:

    reginam,

    Verg. A. 1, 717:

    ut te supplex peterem, et tua limina adirem,

    id. ib. 6, 115: aliquid in locum or ad aliquem, to go to a place or person for something, to go in quest of, go to fetch:

    visum est tanti in extremam Italiam petere Brundisium ostreas,

    to go to Brundisium for oysters, Plin. 9, 54, 79, § 169:

    myrrham ad Troglodytas,

    id. 12, 15, 33, § 66:

    harena ad Aethiopas usque petitur,

    id. 36, 6, 9, § 51:

    collis, in quem vimina petebantur,

    id. 16, 10, 15, § 37:

    quaeque trans maria petimus,

    fetch, id. 19, 4, 19, §§ 58, 52.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To attack, assail one with any thing (class.):

    aiiquem epistulā,

    Cic. Att. 2, 2, 2:

    aliquem fraude et insidiis,

    Liv. 40, 55:

    aliquem falsis criminibus,

    Tac. A. 4, 31.—
    B.
    To demand, seek, require (cf. posco).
    1.
    In gen.:

    ita petit asparagus,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 23:

    ex iis tantum, quantum res petet, hauriemus,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 31, 123:

    aliquem in vincula,

    Quint. 7, 1, 55:

    aliquem ad supplicium,

    id. 7, 6, 6: poenas ab aliquo, to seek satisfaction from or revenge one's self on any one. ut poenas ab optimo quoque peteret sui doloris, Cic. Att. 1, 16, 7:

    ut merito ab eā poenas liberi sui petere debuerint,

    Quint. 3, 11, 12.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    To demand or claim at law, to bring an action to recover, to sue for any thing (syn.:

    postulo): causam dicere Prius unde petitur... Quam ille qui petit,

    Ter. Eun. prol. 11:

    qui per se litem contestatur, sibi soli petit,

    Cic. Rosc Com. 18, 53: aliquando cum servis Habiti furti egit;

    nuper ab ipso Habito petere coepit,

    id. Clu. 59, 163:

    qui non calumniā litium alienos fundos, sed castris, exercitu, signis inferendis petebat,

    id. Mil. 27, 74.—
    b.
    To beg, beseech, ask, request, desire, entreat (syn.: rogo, flagito, obsecro); constr with ab and abl. of pers. (cf. infra); ante- and postclass., with acc. of pers.:

    vos volo, vos peto atque obsecro,

    Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 60; freq. with ut:

    a te etiam atque etiam peto atque contendo, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 1, 5:

    peto quaesoque, ut, etc.,

    id. ib. 5, 4, 2:

    peto igitur a te, vel, si pateris, oro, ut,

    id. ib. 9, 13, 3:

    petere in beneficii loco et gratiae, ut,

    id. Verr 2, 3, 82, § 189:

    petere precibus per litteras ab aliquo, ut,

    id. Sull. 19, 55:

    pacem ab aliquo,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 13:

    opem ab aliquo,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 2, 5:

    vitam nocenti,

    Tac. A. 2, 31:

    petito, ut intrare urbem liceret,

    Just. 43, 5, 6.—Also, with id or illud, and ut, etc.: illud autem te peto, ut, etc., Dolab. ap. Cic. Fam. 9, 9, 2.—With obj.-clause (mostly poet.):

    arma umeris arcumque animosa petebat Ferre,

    Stat. Achill. 1, 352; cf.: cum peteret (solum) donari quasi proprio suo deo, Suet. Aug. 5: petit aes sibi dari eis artous, Gell. 9, 2, 1.—De aliquo (for ab aliquo), to beg or request of one (post-class.):

    si de me petisses, ut, etc.,

    Dig. 13, 6, 5.—Ab aliquo aliquid alicui, to beg a thing of one person for another (class.):

    M. Curtio tribunatum a Caesare petivi,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 15, 3: ab aliquo pro aliquo petere, to intercede for:

    in eorum studiis, qui a te pro Ligario petunt,

    Cic. Lig. 10, 31.—With ex and abl. pers. (v. infra d.):

    eum petit litteris, ut ad Britanniam proficisceretur,

    Capitol. Pertin. 3, 5; Eutr. 2, 24.—Hence, pĕtītum, i, n., a prayer, desire, request, entreaty, Cat. 68, 39.—
    (β).
    Polit. t. t., to apply or solicit for an office, to be a candidate for office (different from ambire, to go about among the people to collect their votes, to canvass, which took place after the petitio):

    nemo est ex iis, qui nunc petunt, qui, etc.,

    Cic. Att. 1, 1, 2:

    consulatum,

    id. Phil. 2, 30, 76:

    praeturam,

    id. Verr. 1, 8, 23; Liv. 1, 35.—
    c.
    To solicit a person, to seek to possess, to woo:

    libidine sic accensa (Sempronia) ut viros saepius peteret quam peteretur,

    Sall. C. 25, 3:

    cum te tam multi peterent, tu me una petisti,

    Prop. 3, 13, 27:

    formosam quisque petit,

    id. 3, 32, 4:

    multi illam petiere,

    Ov. M. 1, 478; cf.: quae tuus Vir petet, cave, ne neges;

    Ne petitum aliunde eat,

    Cat. 61, 151.—
    d.
    To endeavor to obtain or pursue, to seek, strive after any thing, Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 40:

    fugā salutem petere,

    Nep. Hann. 11, 4:

    praedam pedibus,

    Ov. M. 1, 534:

    gloriam,

    Sall. C. 54, 5:

    eloquentiae principatum,

    Cic. Or. 17, 56:

    sanguinis profusio vel fortuita vel petita,

    intentional, designed, produced by artificial means, Cels. 2, 8.—With inf.:

    bene vivere,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 29:

    victricemque petunt dextrae conjungere dextram,

    Ov. M. 8, 421; 14, 571:

    conubiis natam sociare Latinis,

    Verg. A. 7, 96:

    aliquem transfigere ferro,

    Mart. 5, 51, 3.—With ex and abl., over, in the case of:

    ex hostibus victoriam petere,

    Liv. 8, 33, 13:

    supplicium ex se, non victoriam peti,

    id. 28, 19, 11:

    imperium ex victis hostibus populum Romanum petere,

    id. 30, 16, 7.—
    e.
    To fetch any thing:

    qui argentum petit,

    Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 53:

    cibum e flammā,

    Ter. Eun, 3, 2, 38:

    altius initium rei demonstrandae,

    Cic. Caecin. 4, 10:

    aliquid a Graecis,

    id. Ac. 1, 2, 8:

    a litteris exiguam doloris oblivionem,

    to obtain, id. Fam. 5, 15, 4:

    suspirium alte,

    to fetch a deep sigh, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 57; cf.:

    latere petitus imo spiritus,

    Hor. Epod. 11, 10; and:

    gemitus alto de corde petiti,

    Ov. M. 2, 622:

    haec ex veteri memoriā petita,

    Tac. H. 3, 5, 1.—
    f.
    To take, betake one's self to any thing:

    iter a Vibone Brundisium terrā petere contendi,

    Cic. Planc. 40, 96:

    diversas vias,

    Val. Fl. 1, 91:

    alium cursum,

    to take another route, Cic. Att. 3, 8, 2:

    aliam in partem petebant fugam,

    betook themselves to flight, fled, Caes. B. G. 2, 24.—
    g.
    To refer to, relate to ( poet.):

    Trojanos haec monstra petunt,

    Verg. A. 9, 128.

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  • 9 tendo

    tendo ( tenno), tĕtendi, tentum and tensum, 3, v. a. and n. [root ten-, tan, v. teneo; cf. Gr. teinô].
    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. —
    (β).
    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 [p. 1853] 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.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > tendo

  • 10 tenno

    tendo ( tenno), tĕtendi, tentum and tensum, 3, v. a. and n. [root ten-, tan, v. teneo; cf. Gr. teinô].
    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. —
    (β).
    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 [p. 1853] 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.

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  • 11 tenta

    tendo ( tenno), tĕtendi, tentum and tensum, 3, v. a. and n. [root ten-, tan, v. teneo; cf. Gr. teinô].
    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. —
    (β).
    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 [p. 1853] 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.

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  • 12 cōnāmen

        cōnāmen inis, n    [conor], an effort, exertion, struggle: magno conamine, O.: sumpto positā conamine ab hastā, O.: conamina mortis, attempts at suicide, O.—A support, prop: adiutis aliquo conamine nervis, O.
    * * *
    effort, exertion; power to move; attempt, endeavor, enterprise; prop, support

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  • 13 cōnātus

        cōnātus    P. of conor.
    * * *
    attempt, effort; exertion, struggle; impulse, tendency; endeavor, design

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  • 14 ē-labōrō

        ē-labōrō āvī, ātus, āre,    to labor, endeavor, struggle, make an effort, take pains: in eā scientiā: in hoc, ut omnes intellegant: ut prosim causis: ut (in me) esse possent, mihi est elaboratum.—To take pains with, work out, elaborate: non dapes elaborabunt saporem, H.: quicquid elaborari potuerit ad benevolentiam conciliandam: elaboratum industriā.

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  • 15 experientia

        experientia ae, f    [experiens], a trial, proof, experiment: veri, O.— Effort, endeavor: aegritudinem suscipere pro experientiā, instead of effort: nova hominum, device, V. — Experimental knowledge, practice, experience: apibus quanta experientia, V.
    * * *
    trial, experiment; experience

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  • 16 īn-sequor

        īn-sequor cūtus (quūtus), ī, dep.,    to follow, follow after, come next: huic, V.: Orphea, H.: fugientem lumine pinum, keep in view, O.—In time, to follow, succeed: hunc proximo saeculo: mea quem aetas Insequitur, approaches, V.—To pursue, follow up, press upon: in abditas regiones sese, S.: cedentes, Cs.: ad hostem insequendum, L.: Reliquias Troiae cineres, V.: illum gladio: iacto semine arva, traverse, V.: ora manibus, keeps striking, O.—Fig., to follow up: improborum facta suspicio insequitur.—To strive after, endeavor: te rhetoricis libris, ut erudiam.—To proceed, go on: pergam atque insequar longius: hunc, prosecute, H.: lentum convellere vimen Insequor, V.—To overtake: at mors insecuta est Gracchum.—Of speech, to pursue, censure, reproach: accusatorem: turpitudinem vitae.—In order, to follow, come next: nisi vocalis insequebatur.

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  • 17 in-tendō

        in-tendō dī, tus, ere,    to stretch out, reach forth, extend: dextram ad statuam: manūs, O.: iubet intendi bracchia velis, V.—To stretch, spread out, lay, fasten, extend: intendentibus tenebris, spreading, L.: tabernacula carbaseis intenta velis, pitched: coronas Postibus, O.: duro intendere bracchia tergo, bind, V.: locum sertis, encircled, V.: vela secundi Intendunt zephyri, swell, V.: numeros nervis, V.—To bend, aim, direct: arcum: arma temptare, intendere, S.: tela in patriam.—Fig., to strain, extend, direct, bend, turn, aim: officia, to be zealous in, S.: aciem acrem in omnīs partes, turns keen looks: digna res est ubi tu nervos intendas tuos, your energies, T.: quonam hostes iter intendissent, direct their march, L.: coeptum iter in Italiam, L.: quo nunc primum intendam, whither shall I turn? T.—To turn, direct, assail with, aim: intendenda in senemst fallacia, T.: ubi Hannibal est, eo bellum intendis? L.: mihi actionem perduellionis: litem tibi.—To urge, incite: eum ad cavendi omnia curam, L.: se ad firmitatem, brace.— To direct, turn, give, lend (often with animus): intentum animum tamquam arcum habebat, kept on the stretch: quo animum intendat, facile perspicio: ad bellum animum intendit, S.: animum studiis, H.: ubi ingenium intenderis, valet, S.—To increase, magnify, intensify: vocem, raise, V.: spiritum, Cu.: formidinem, quod, etc., Ta.: huic negatus honor gloriam intendit, Ta.: vera, exaggerate, Ta.—To give attention to, purpose, endeavor, intend: quod consilium primum intenderam, T.: infecto quod intenderat negotio, S.: quod animo intenderat, perficere: quo ire intenderant, S.: altum petere intendit, L.: ut eo quo intendit, perveniat (sc. ire): quocumque intenderat, S.—To maintain, assert: Eam sese esse, T.: quo modo nunc intendit.

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  • 18 labōrō

        labōrō āvī, ātus, āre    [2 labor], to labor, take pains, endeavor, exert oneself, strive: ne labora, T.: sibi: frustra laboret Ausus idem, H.: in spem, O.: quid est, in quo se laborasse dicit? in durā humo, O.: in omni gente, in behalf of, Iu.: pro salute meā: laborabat, ut reliquas civitates adiungeret, Cs.: id laborare, ut deberent, etc., S.: ut honore dignus essem, laboravi: te ut miretur turba, H.: et sponsio illa ne fieret, laborasti: quem perspexisse laborant, H.: si sociis fidelissimis prospicere non laboratis: brevis esse, H.: ne quaerere quidem de tantā re, N.—With acc, to work out, work at, produce by toil, elaborate, form, make, prepare, cultivate: quale non perfectius Meae laborarint manūs, H.: Arte laboratae vestes, V.: laborata Ceres, bread, V.: frumenta ceterosque fructūs, Ta.— To suffer, labor under, be oppressed, be afflicted, be troubled: sine febri: e dolore, T.: ex pedibus: ex renibus: ex inscientiā: ex aere alieno laborare, be oppressed with debt, Cs.: a re frumentariā, Cs.: laborantes utero puellae, H.: horum morborum aliquo: pestilentiā laboratum est, L.— To grieve, be in trouble, be vexed, be concerned, be solicitous, be anxious: nihil laboro, nisi ut salvus sis: sponsio illa ne fieret laborasti: de quibus ego antea laborabam, ne, etc.: his de rebus eo magis laboro, quod, etc.: tuā causā: Neglegens ne quā populus laborat, H.: in re familiari: in uno, i. e. love, H.: cuius manu sit percussus, non laboro, do not concern myself.—To be in distress, be in difficulty, undergo danger: suis laborantibus succurrere, Cs.: laborantibus suis auxilio fore, S.: ut utraque (triremis) ex concursu laborarent, Cs.: cum luna laboret, is eclipsed: laboranti succurrere lunae, Iu.: Silvae laborantes, groaning, H.
    * * *
    laborare, laboravi, laboratus V
    work, labor; produce, take pains; be troubled/sick/oppressed, be in distress

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  • 19 mōlīmen

        mōlīmen inis, n    [molior], a great exertion, effort, endeavor, attempt, undertaking: divellere pinum magno molimine, O.: quanto molimine circum Spectemus, H.: res, suo ipsa molimine gravis, L.: molimine vasto tabularia, of massive structure, O.: magna molimina rerum, burdens of state, O.
    * * *
    effort, vehemence; bulk; weight

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  • 20 nīsus

        nīsus    P. of nitor.
    * * *
    pressing upon/down; pressure, push; endeavor; exertion; strong muscular effor

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