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extendo

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Latin

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Etymology

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From ex- +‎ tendō.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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extendō (present infinitive extendere, perfect active extendī, supine extentum); third conjugation

  1. to stretch or thrust out
  2. to extend, prolong or continue
    Synonyms: distendō, porrigō, pandō, prōlongō, prōtrahō, trahō, prōferō, explicō
  3. to enlarge or increase
    Synonyms: ampliō, adaugeō, multiplicō, augeō, amplificō, accumulō
    Antonyms: diminuō, minuō, dēminuō, imminuō, tenuō, corripiō

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  • extendo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • extendo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • extendo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to enlarge the boundaries of a kingdom: fines (imperii) propagare, extendere, (longius) proferre
  • extendo in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Portuguese

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Verb

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extendo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of extender