LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation

distendō

distendō (present infinitive distendere, perfect active distendī, supine distentum)
Classical[dɪsˈtɛn.doː]Ecclesiastical[disˈtɛn.do]

Meaning

  1. to stretch out, extend
  2. to swell or distend (asunder) or pulled apart
  3. to distract

Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.distendōdistendēbamdistendamdistendīdistenderamdistenderō
2nd sg.distendisdistendēbāsdistendēsdistendistīdistenderāsdistenderis
3rd sg.distenditdistendēbatdistendetdistenditdistenderatdistenderit
1st pl.distendimusdistendēbāmusdistendēmusdistendimusdistenderāmusdistenderimus
2nd pl.distenditisdistendēbātisdistendētisdistendistisdistenderātisdistenderitis
3rd pl.distenduntdistendēbantdistendentdistendērunt
distendēre		distenderantdistenderint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.distendamdistenderemdistenderimdistendissem
2nd sg.distendāsdistenderēsdistenderīsdistendissēs
3rd sg.distendatdistenderetdistenderitdistendisset
1st pl.distendāmusdistenderēmusdistenderīmusdistendissēmus
2nd pl.distendātisdistenderētisdistenderītisdistendissētis
3rd pl.distendantdistenderentdistenderintdistendissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.distendordistendēbardistendar
2nd sg.distenderis
distendere		distendēbāris
distendēbāre		distendēris
distendēre
3rd sg.distenditurdistendēbāturdistendētur
1st pl.distendimurdistendēbāmurdistendēmur
2nd pl.distendiminīdistendēbāminīdistendēminī
3rd pl.distendunturdistendēbanturdistendentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.distendardistenderer
2nd sg.distendāris
distendāre		distenderēris
distenderēre
3rd sg.distendāturdistenderētur
1st pl.distendāmurdistenderēmur
2nd pl.distendāminīdistenderēminī
3rd pl.distendanturdistenderentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.distendedistendere
pres. 2nd pl.distenditedistendiminī
fut. 2nd sg.distenditōdistenditor
fut. 3rd sg.distenditōdistenditor
fut. 2nd pl.distenditōte—
fut. 3rd pl.distenduntōdistenduntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivedistenderedistendī
perfect infinitivedistendissedistentum esse
future infinitivedistentūrum essedistentum īrī
present participledistendēns—
perfect participle—distentus
distenta, distentā, distentae, distentam, distentārum, distentās, distente, distentī, distentīs, distentō, distentōrum, distentōs
future participledistentūrusdistendendus
distendundus, distendenda, distendendā, distendendae, distendendam, distendendārum, distendendās, distendende, distendendīs, distendendōrum, distendendōs
gerunddistendendī, distendendō, distendendumsupinedistentum, distentū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

multis negotiis implicatum, districtum, distentum, obrutum esse
to be involved in many undertakings; to be much occupied, embarrassed, overwhelmed by business-claims.

dis-tendo (and vulg. distenno), di, tum (in late Lat. also distensus, Coripp. Joann. 7, 324; but in Auct. B. Alex. 45, 2, the right reading is dispersis), 3, v. a.,
I. to stretch asunder, stretch out, extend (not freq. till after the Aug. per.; not in Cic.).
I. Lit.: dispennite hominem divorsum et distennite, Plaut. Mil. 5, 14; cf.: Tityos novem Jugeribus distentus erat, Ov. M. 4, 458: brachia, id. ib. 4, 491: corpus temonibus, Col. 6, 19 fin.: aciem, * Caes. B. C. 3, 92, 2; cf.: copias hostium, Liv. 2, 23: hostes, id. 34, 29: sagum, Suet. Oth. 2: in currus distentum illigat Mettum, Liv. 1, 28; so, utramque manum in latus, Quint. 11, 3, 114: pontem in agros, Lue. 4, 140.—Pass. in mid. force: haec per octoginta sex milia distenduntur, extend, Mart. Cap. 6, § 661.—
B. Meton.
1. (Effectus pro causa.) To swell out, distend, i. e. to fill, e. g. with food: ventres, Plaut. Cas. 4, 1, 19: ubera cytiso, Verg. E. 9, 31; cf.: ubera lacte, id. ib. 4, 21; and transf.: capellas lacte, id. ib. 7, 3: ducem (i. e. bovem) denso pingui, id. G. 3, 124: cellas nectare, id. A. 1, 433; cf.: horrea plena spicis, Tib. 2, 5, 84.—
2. (Causa pro effectu.) To torture by distention: tormento aliquem, Suet. Tib. 62; cf. Vulg. Heb. 11, 35.—
II. Trop.: velut in duo pariter bella curas hominum, to divide, Liv. 27, 40; cf.: curam vilicae, Col. 12, 46, 1: sedulitatem vilici, id. 1, 6, 8: animos, to distract, perplex, Liv. 9, 12 fin.; Vulg. Eccl. 3, 10.— Hence, distentus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B. 1.), distended, i. e. filled up, full: ubera, Hor. Epod. 2, 46; cf.: distentum cruribus uber, Ov. M. 13, 826: distentius uber, Hor. S. 1, 1, 110: distentus ac madens, stuffed full, Suet. Claud. 33; cf. Plin. Pan. 49, 6.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Latindistendō

Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *ten- Proto-Indo-European *tend- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *téndeti Proto-Italic *tendō Latin tendō Latin distendō From dis- (“assunder, apart, utterly”) + tendō (“stretch”).

Descendants
  • Catalandistendre
  • Englishdistend
  • Frenchdistendre
  • Italiandistendere
  • Portuguesedistender
  • Spanishdistender
  • Emiliandstànnder
  • Galiciandistender
  • Siciliandistènniri

Quick answers

What does distendō mean in Latin?
distendō, a verb, means “to stretch out, extend; to swell or distend (asunder) or pulled apart; to distract”.
What are the principal parts of distendō?
distendō, distendere, distendī, distentum (third conjugation).
How do you pronounce distendō?
In classical Latin, [dɪsˈtɛn.doː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [disˈtɛn.do].
Where does distendō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ → Latin distendō.