distendo

Italian

Verb

distendo

1. first-person singular present indicative of distendere

Latin

Etymology

From dis- (“assunder, apart, utterly”) +‎ tendō (“stretch”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /disˈten.doː/, [d̪ɪs̠ˈt̪ɛn̪d̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /disˈten.do/, [d̪isˈt̪ɛn̪d̪o]

Verb

distendō (present infinitive distendere, perfect active distendī, supine distentum); third conjugation

1. to stretch out, extend

   Synonyms: extendō, porrigō, prōlongō, prōtrahō, trahō, prōferō, explicō, pandō

2. to swell or distend (asunder) or pulled apart
3. to distract

Conjugation

   Conjugation of distendō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	distendō		distendis		distendit		distendimus		distenditis		distendunt
	imperfect	distendēbam		distendēbās		distendēbat		distendēbāmus		distendēbātis		distendēbant
	future	distendam		distendēs		distendet		distendēmus		distendētis		distendent
	perfect	distendī		distendistī		distendit		distendimus		distendistis		distendērunt, distendēre
	pluperfect	distenderam		distenderās		distenderat		distenderāmus		distenderātis		distenderant
	future perfect	distenderō		distenderis		distenderit		distenderimus		distenderitis		distenderint
passive	present	distendor		distenderis, distendere		distenditur		distendimur		distendiminī		distenduntur
	imperfect	distendēbar		distendēbāris, distendēbāre		distendēbātur		distendēbāmur		distendēbāminī		distendēbantur
	future	distendar		distendēris, distendēre		distendētur		distendēmur		distendēminī		distendentur
	perfect	distentus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	distentus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	distentus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	distendam		distendās		distendat		distendāmus		distendātis		distendant
	imperfect	distenderem		distenderēs		distenderet		distenderēmus		distenderētis		distenderent
	perfect	distenderim		distenderīs		distenderit		distenderīmus		distenderītis		distenderint
	pluperfect	distendissem		distendissēs		distendisset		distendissēmus		distendissētis		distendissent
passive	present	distendar		distendāris, distendāre		distendātur		distendāmur		distendāminī		distendantur
	imperfect	distenderer		distenderēris, distenderēre		distenderētur		distenderēmur		distenderēminī		distenderentur
	perfect	distentus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	distentus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		distende		—		—		distendite		—
	future	—		distenditō		distenditō		—		distenditōte		distenduntō
passive	present	—		distendere		—		—		distendiminī		—
	future	—		distenditor		distenditor		—		—		distenduntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		distendere			distendī			distendēns			—
future		distentūrum esse			distentum īrī			distentūrus			distendendus, distendundus
perfect		distendisse			distentum esse			—			distentus
future perfect		—			distentum fore			—			—
perfect potential		distentūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		distendendī		distendendō		distendendum		distendendō		distentum		distentū

Descendants

• Catalan: distendre
• English: distend
• French: distendre
• Galician: distender
• Italian: distendere
• Portuguese: distender
• Sicilian: distènniri
• Spanish: distender

References

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

Portuguese

Verb

distendo

1. first-person singular present indicative of distender