praetendo

Latin

Etymology

From prae- (“before, in front of”) +‎ tendō (“stretch, strive for”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /prae̯ˈten.doː/, [präe̯ˈt̪ɛn̪d̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /preˈten.do/, [preˈt̪ɛn̪d̪o]

Verb

praetendō (present infinitive praetendere, perfect active praetetendī, supine praetentum or praetēnsum); third conjugation

1. to stretch forth or forward; to extend
2. to spread before, hold out, place in front of
3. to put forward as an excuse, allege, pretend

   Synonyms: fingō, simulō, mentior, affectō, ēmentior, dissimulō

Conjugation

• The participle form is often spelled praetēnsus, but the supine can appear as praetentum.

   Conjugation of praetendō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	praetendō	praetendis	praetendit	praetendimus	praetenditis	praetendunt
	imperfect	praetendēbam	praetendēbās	praetendēbat	praetendēbāmus	praetendēbātis	praetendēbant
	future	praetendam	praetendēs	praetendet	praetendēmus	praetendētis	praetendent
	perfect	praetetendī	praetetendistī	praetetendit	praetetendimus	praetetendistis	praetetendērunt, praetetendēre
	pluperfect	praetetenderam	praetetenderās	praetetenderat	praetetenderāmus	praetetenderātis	praetetenderant
	future perfect	praetetenderō	praetetenderis	praetetenderit	praetetenderimus	praetetenderitis	praetetenderint
passive	present	praetendor	praetenderis, praetendere	praetenditur	praetendimur	praetendiminī	praetenduntur
	imperfect	praetendēbar	praetendēbāris, praetendēbāre	praetendēbātur	praetendēbāmur	praetendēbāminī	praetendēbantur
	future	praetendar	praetendēris, praetendēre	praetendētur	praetendēmur	praetendēminī	praetendentur
	perfect	praetentus or praetēnsus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	praetentus or praetēnsus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	praetentus or praetēnsus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	praetendam	praetendās	praetendat	praetendāmus	praetendātis	praetendant
imperfect	praetenderem	praetenderēs	praetenderet	praetenderēmus	praetenderētis	praetenderent
perfect	praetetenderim	praetetenderīs	praetetenderit	praetetenderīmus	praetetenderītis	praetetenderint
pluperfect	praetetendissem	praetetendissēs	praetetendisset	praetetendissēmus	praetetendissētis	praetetendissent
passive	present	praetendar	praetendāris, praetendāre	praetendātur	praetendāmur	praetendāminī	praetendantur
imperfect	praetenderer	praetenderēris, praetenderēre	praetenderētur	praetenderēmur	praetenderēminī	praetenderentur
perfect	praetentus or praetēnsus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect	praetentus or praetēnsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	praetende	—	—	praetendite	—
	future	—	praetenditō	praetenditō	—	praetenditōte	praetenduntō
passive	present	—	praetendere	—	—	praetendiminī	—
	future	—	praetenditor	praetenditor	—	—	praetenduntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		praetendere	praetetendisse	praetentūrum esse, praetēnsūrum esse	praetendī	praetentum esse, praetēnsum esse	praetentum īrī, praetēnsum īrī
participles		praetendēns	—	praetentūrus, praetēnsūrus	—	praetentus, praetēnsus	praetendendus, praetendundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		praetendendī	praetendendō	praetendendum	praetendendō	praetentum, praetēnsum	praetentū, praetēnsū

Derived terms

• praetēnsus
• praetentūra
• praetentus

 

Related terms

• tendō

Descendants

• Catalan: pretendre
• Galician: pretender
• Italian: pretendere
• Old French: pretendre
  • Middle French: pretendre
    • French: prétendre
  • Anglo-Norman: pretendre
    • → English: pretend
• Portuguese: pretender
• Romanian: pretinde
• Sicilian: pritènniri
• Spanish: pretender

References

• “praetendo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “praetendo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• praetendo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to make something an excuse, pretext: praetendere, praetexere aliquid