LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation

hendō

*hendō (present infinitive *hendere, perfect active *hendī, supine *hēnsum)

Meaning

  1. reconstructionto hold

Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.hendōhendēbamhendamhendīhenderamhenderō
2nd sg.hendishendēbāshendēshendistīhenderāshenderis
3rd sg.hendithendēbathendethendithenderathenderit
1st pl.hendimushendēbāmushendēmushendimushenderāmushenderimus
2nd pl.henditishendēbātishendētishendistishenderātishenderitis
3rd pl.hendunthendēbanthendenthendērunt
hendēre
henderanthenderint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.hendamhenderemhenderimhendissem
2nd sg.hendāshenderēshenderīshendissēs
3rd sg.hendathenderethenderithendisset
1st pl.hendāmushenderēmushenderīmushendissēmus
2nd pl.hendātishenderētishenderītishendissētis
3rd pl.hendanthenderenthenderinthendissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.hendorhendēbarhendar
2nd sg.henderis
hendere
hendēbāris
hendēbāre
hendēris
hendēre
3rd sg.henditurhendēbāturhendētur
1st pl.hendimurhendēbāmurhendēmur
2nd pl.hendiminīhendēbāminīhendēminī
3rd pl.hendunturhendēbanturhendentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.hendarhenderer
2nd sg.hendāris
hendāre
henderēris
henderēre
3rd sg.hendāturhenderētur
1st pl.hendāmurhenderēmur
2nd pl.hendāminīhenderēminī
3rd pl.hendanturhenderentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.hendehendere
pres. 2nd pl.henditehendiminī
fut. 2nd sg.henditōhenditor
fut. 3rd sg.henditōhenditor
fut. 2nd pl.henditōte—
fut. 3rd pl.henduntōhenduntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivehenderehendī
perfect infinitivehendissehēnsum esse
future infinitivehēnsūrum essehēnsum īrī
present participlehendēns—
perfect participle—hēnsus
future participlehēnsūrushendendus
hendundus
gerundhendendī, hendendō, hendendumsupinehēnsum, hēnsū

Origins

Unattested verb only found in compounds (see derived terms below), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- (“to find, hold”). Cognate with Ancient Greek χανδάνω (khandánō, “to hold”), English get (via Old Norse geta). Related to praeda and perhaps also hedera.

Quick answers

What does hendō mean in Latin?
hendō, a verb, means “to hold”.
What are the principal parts of hendō?
hendō, *hendere, *hendī, *hēnsum (third conjugation).