tensura
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From tendō (“stretch, extend”) + -tūra.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /tenˈsuː.ra/, [t̪ẽːˈs̠uːrä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /tenˈsu.ra/, [t̪enˈsuːrä]
Noun
[edit]tēnsūra f (genitive tēnsūrae); first declension
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | tēnsūra | tēnsūrae |
| genitive | tēnsūrae | tēnsūrārum |
| dative | tēnsūrae | tēnsūrīs |
| accusative | tēnsūram | tēnsūrās |
| ablative | tēnsūrā | tēnsūrīs |
| vocative | tēnsūra | tēnsūrae |
Synonyms
[edit]- (stretching, straining): tendor
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “tensura”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- tensura in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- tensura in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.