LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation

extendō

extendō (present infinitive extendere, perfect active extendī, supine extentum)
Classical[ɛkˈstɛn.doː]Ecclesiastical[ekˈstɛn.do]

Meaning

  1. to stretch or thrust out
  2. to extend, prolong or continue
    Urbs circum spatium quīnque et dīmidiī chīliometrōrum extenta erat.The city spread over an area of five and a half kilometres.
  3. to enlarge or increase

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.extendōextendēbamextendamextendīextenderamextenderō
2nd sg.extendisextendēbāsextendēsextendistīextenderāsextenderis
3rd sg.extenditextendēbatextendetextenditextenderatextenderit
1st pl.extendimusextendēbāmusextendēmusextendimusextenderāmusextenderimus
2nd pl.extenditisextendēbātisextendētisextendistisextenderātisextenderitis
3rd pl.extenduntextendēbantextendentextendērunt
extendēre		extenderantextenderint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.extendamextenderemextenderimextendissem
2nd sg.extendāsextenderēsextenderīsextendissēs
3rd sg.extendatextenderetextenderitextendisset
1st pl.extendāmusextenderēmusextenderīmusextendissēmus
2nd pl.extendātisextenderētisextenderītisextendissētis
3rd pl.extendantextenderentextenderintextendissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.extendorextendēbarextendar
2nd sg.extenderis
extendere		extendēbāris
extendēbāre		extendēris
extendēre
3rd sg.extenditurextendēbāturextendētur
1st pl.extendimurextendēbāmurextendēmur
2nd pl.extendiminīextendēbāminīextendēminī
3rd pl.extendunturextendēbanturextendentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.extendarextenderer
2nd sg.extendāris
extendāre		extenderēris
extenderēre
3rd sg.extendāturextenderētur
1st pl.extendāmurextenderēmur
2nd pl.extendāminīextenderēminī
3rd pl.extendanturextenderentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.extendeextendere
pres. 2nd pl.extenditeextendiminī
fut. 2nd sg.extenditōextenditor
fut. 3rd sg.extenditōextenditor
fut. 2nd pl.extenditōte—
fut. 3rd pl.extenduntōextenduntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveextendereextendī
perfect infinitiveextendisseextentum esse
future infinitiveextentūrum esseextentum īrī
present participleextendēns—
perfect participle—extentus
extenta, extentā, extentae, extentam, extentārum, extentās, extente, extentī, extentīs, extentō, extentōrum, extentōs
future participleextentūrus
extentūra, extentūrā, extentūrae, extentūram, extentūrārum, extentūrās, extentūre, extentūrī, extentūrīs, extentūrō, extentūrōrum, extentūrōs, extentūrum		extendendus
extendundus, extendenda, extendendā, extendendae, extendendam, extendendārum, extendendās, extendende, extendendīs, extendendōrum, extendendōs
gerundextendendī, extendendō, extendendumsupineextentum, extentū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

fines (imperii) propagare, extendere, (longius) proferre
to enlarge the boundaries of a kingdom.

ex-tendo, di, tum (also extensum, Cic. Ac. 2, 47, 145; Ov. A. A. 3, 302; Stat. Th. 6, 902 al.; cf. the forms extensio, extensor, etc.), 3, v. a.,
I. to stretch out, spread outextend (class.).
I. Lit.: (vincla escaria) quam magis extendas, tanto astringunt artius, Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 19: idem Crassus, Per tuas statuas cum dixit et extento bracchio paululum etiam de gestu addidit, vehementius risimus, Cic. de Or. 2, 59, 242; for which: (Zeno) cum extensis digitis adversam manum ostenderet, id. Ac. 2, 47, 145: manum, Quint. 11, 3, 119; cf. Cels. 7, 23 fin.: cervicem, Vell. 2, 70, 2: crura ad longitudinem, Plin. 10, 64, 84, § 183: cutem, to stretch out, smooth out, id. 32, 6, 21, § 65: chartam malleo, id. 13, 12, 26, § 82: lineam, id. 9, 59, 85, § 182: capita tignorum, Caes. B. C. 2, 9, 1: cornua aciei, Curt. 4, 13 fin.; cf.: agmen ad mare, id. 3, 9 fin.: majores pennas nido, Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 21: extendit pectitque comas, Juv. 6, 496: labellum, to stretch as in pouting, id. 14, 325: gladios, to forge, id. 15, 168.—Mid.: jussit et extendi campos, subsidere valles, to extend themselves, spread out, Ov. M. 1, 43: ignis extenditur per campos, spreads, Verg. A. 10, 407; and: cum ad summum palum vitis extenta est, Col. 4, 20, 3: fusus humi totoque ingens extenditur antro, stretches himself out, Verg. A. 6, 423.—Prov.: ire per extentum funem, to walk on a tight rope, i. e. to perform a very difficult feat, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 210 (Gr. ἐπὶ σχοινίου περιπατεῖν).
II. Trop., to extend, increase, enlarge, lengthen, spread.
A. In gen.: epistolam, Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 20: agros (populus Rom. victor), to extend, Hor. A. P. 208: verba (opp. corripere), Quint. 10, 1, 29: perculit et multa moribundum extendit arenā, stretched out, extended, Verg. A. 5, 374; 9, 589: tam immodice epistulam extendi, ut, etc., Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 16; 3, 5, 20; 5, 15, 7: famam factis, Verg. A. 10, 468; cf.: nomen in ultimas oras, Hor. C. 3, 3, 45: cupiditatem gloriae, Liv. 28, 43, 5: spem in Africam quoque, id. 24, 48, 1: artem suam per hanc successionem, Petr. 140: pretia usque eo extendens, ut, etc., Suet. Calig. 38: extentis itineribus, by forced marches, Liv. 30, 19, 1: cursus, to proceed, Verg. A. 12, 909: partitionem ultra tres propositiones, Quint. 4, 5, 3: voluntatem suam ad ulteriores, Dig. 32, 1, 33: officium suum ad lapidum venditionem, ib. 20, 4, 21: cum se magnis itineribus extenderet, i. e. was exerting himself, Caes. B. C. 3, 77 fin.: se supra vires, Liv. 34, 4, 15: magis ille extenditur, is excited, Juv. 11, 169.—
B. In partic., of time, to extend, prolong, continue; to spend, pass: ab hora tertia cum ad noctem pugnam extendissent, Liv. 27, 2, 6: comissationes ad mediam noctem, Suet. Tit. 7: labores in horam quintam, Mart. 4, 8, 3: luctus suos, Val. Max. 1, 1, 15: curas venientem in annum, extends his thoughts to the coming year, Verg. G. 2, 405: tempus epularum, Plin. Pan. 49, 5; consulatum, id. ib. 61, 6; extento aevo vivere, Hor. C. 2, 2, 5; Sil. 3, 95: suam aetatem, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 26: se ad centesimum annum, i. e. vitam, Val. Max. 5, 2 ext. 4.— Hence,
1. extentus, a, um, P. a., extended, extensive, wide: mare, fontes extentaque longe flumina, Lucr. 1, 230 Lachm. N. cr. (al. externa): stagna latius Lucrino lacu, Hor. C. 2, 15, 3: oculi, wide open, Quint. 11, 3, 76: sonus (lusciniae), drawn out, prolonged, Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 82.—Sup.: castra inter confragosa omnia praeruptaque quam extentissima potest valle locat, Liv. 21, 32, 9 Drak. N. cr.: spatia, Sol. 52.—Adv.: ex-tente, widely; only comp.: quadratus eminet stilus extentius, Amm. 23, 4, 2 (dub.): porrecto extentius brachio, id. 18, 6, 13.—
2. extense, adv., at length, extensively (post-class.): dominus extensius ista disponit, Tert. Idol. 2.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  2. Proto-Italic*eks
  3. Latinextendō

Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *ten- Proto-Indo-European *tend- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *téndeti Proto-Italic *tendō Latin tendō Latin extendō From ex- + tendō.

Descendants
  • Catalanestendre
  • Englishextend
  • Frenchétendre
  • Italianestendere
  • Italianstendere
  • Occitanestendre
  • Occitanesténer
  • Occitanestesar
  • Portugueseestender
  • Romanianextinde

Quick answers

What does extendō mean in Latin?
extendō, a verb, means “to stretch or thrust out; to extend, prolong or continue; to enlarge or increase”.
What are the principal parts of extendō?
extendō, extendere, extendī, extentum (third conjugation).
How do you pronounce extendō?
In classical Latin, [ɛkˈstɛn.doː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ekˈstɛn.do].
Where does extendō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs → Proto-Italic *eks → Latin extendō.