LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation

prōtendō

prōtendō (present infinitive prōtendere, perfect active prōtendī, supine prōtēnsum)
Classical[proːˈtɛn.doː]Ecclesiastical[proˈtɛn.do]

Meaning

  1. to extend or distend
  2. to prolong or lengthen

Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.prōtendōprōtendēbamprōtendamprōtendīprōtenderamprōtenderō
2nd sg.prōtendisprōtendēbāsprōtendēsprōtendistīprōtenderāsprōtenderis
3rd sg.prōtenditprōtendēbatprōtendetprōtenditprōtenderatprōtenderit
1st pl.prōtendimusprōtendēbāmusprōtendēmusprōtendimusprōtenderāmusprōtenderimus
2nd pl.prōtenditisprōtendēbātisprōtendētisprōtendistisprōtenderātisprōtenderitis
3rd pl.prōtenduntprōtendēbantprōtendentprōtendērunt
prōtendēre
prōtenderantprōtenderint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.prōtendamprōtenderemprōtenderimprōtendissem
2nd sg.prōtendāsprōtenderēsprōtenderīsprōtendissēs
3rd sg.prōtendatprōtenderetprōtenderitprōtendisset
1st pl.prōtendāmusprōtenderēmusprōtenderīmusprōtendissēmus
2nd pl.prōtendātisprōtenderētisprōtenderītisprōtendissētis
3rd pl.prōtendantprōtenderentprōtenderintprōtendissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.prōtendorprōtendēbarprōtendar
2nd sg.prōtenderis
prōtendere
prōtendēbāris
prōtendēbāre
prōtendēris
prōtendēre
3rd sg.prōtenditurprōtendēbāturprōtendētur
1st pl.prōtendimurprōtendēbāmurprōtendēmur
2nd pl.prōtendiminīprōtendēbāminīprōtendēminī
3rd pl.prōtendunturprōtendēbanturprōtendentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.prōtendarprōtenderer
2nd sg.prōtendāris
prōtendāre
prōtenderēris
prōtenderēre
3rd sg.prōtendāturprōtenderētur
1st pl.prōtendāmurprōtenderēmur
2nd pl.prōtendāminīprōtenderēminī
3rd pl.prōtendanturprōtenderentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.prōtendeprōtendere
pres. 2nd pl.prōtenditeprōtendiminī
fut. 2nd sg.prōtenditōprōtenditor
fut. 3rd sg.prōtenditōprōtenditor
fut. 2nd pl.prōtenditōte—
fut. 3rd pl.prōtenduntōprōtenduntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveprōtendereprōtendī
perfect infinitiveprōtendisseprōtēnsum esse
future infinitiveprōtēnsūrum esseprōtēnsum īrī
present participleprōtendēns—
perfect participle—prōtēnsus
prōtēnsa, prōtēnsā, prōtēnsae, prōtēnsam, prōtēnsārum, prōtēnsās, prōtēnse, prōtēnsī, prōtēnsīs, prōtēnsō, prōtēnsōrum, prōtēnsōs
future participleprōtēnsūrus
prōtēnsūra, prōtēnsūrā, prōtēnsūrae, prōtēnsūram, prōtēnsūrārum, prōtēnsūrās, prōtēnsūre, prōtēnsūrī, prōtēnsūrīs, prōtēnsūrō, prōtēnsūrōrum, prōtēnsūrōs, prōtēnsūrum
prōtendendus
prōtendundus, prōtendenda, prōtendendā, prōtendendae, prōtendendam, prōtendendārum, prōtendendās, prōtendende, prōtendendīs, prōtendendōrum, prōtendendōs
gerundprōtendendī, prōtendendō, prōtendendumsupineprōtēnsum, prōtēnsū

prō-tendo, di, sum and tum, 3, v. a.,
I. to stretch forth or out, to extend (not in Cic.; syn. porrigo).
I. Lit.: hastas, Verg. A. 11, 606 Wagn.: bracchia in mare, Ov. M. 14, 191: supinas manus ad genua alicujus, Petr. 17 fin.: aciem (oculorum) in aestus pelagi, Cat. 64, 127: cervicem fortiter, Tac. A. 15, 67: cochleae bina ceu cornua protendentes contrahentesque, Plin. 9, 32, 51, § 101: protentis hastis, Tac. A. 14, 37: pedes temo protentus in octo, Verg. G. 1, 171: consanguineam protendere dextram, Sil. 1, 655: praerupta protendit juga Cithaeron, Sen. Phoen. 12.—Mid., to stretch forth or out, to extend: inter digitos medius longissime protenditur, projects, Plin. 11, 43, 99, § 244: protenditur ad Bactros usque gens Mardorum, reaches, extends, id. 6, 16, 18, § 47: anus haec in pellis periculum protenditur, is swelled out, distended with drink, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Schol. Hor. S. 1, 6, 22.—Of a river: usque ad colla cornipedum protentus, swollen, Sil. 16, 387.—
II. Trop., to make long, to prolong, lengthen, extend (post-class.): utramvis partem in plura verba protendere, App. Dogm. Plat. 3, p. 267 Oud.: praepositiones producere atque protendere, to prolong in pronunciation, Gell. 2, 17, 1; 6: barbare protendere, id. 4, 17, 7.—Hence, prōtentus, a, um, P. a., stretched out, lengthened, extended (post-class.): Phocis lucis in exortum protentior, extending farther, Avien. Perieg. 597: protentior vita, Sol. 30.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*pér
  4. Proto-Indo-European*pró
  5. Proto-Indo-European*pro-
  6. Proto-Italic*pro-
  7. Latinprōtendō

Proto-Indo-European *ten- Proto-Indo-European *tend- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *téndeti Proto-Italic *tendō Latin tendō Latin prōtendō From prō- (“from, in the place of; for”) + tendō (“stretch, strive for”).

Descendants
  • Englishprotend
  • Italianprotendere
  • Sicilianprutènniri

Quick answers

What does prōtendō mean in Latin?
prōtendō, a verb, means “to extend or distend; to prolong or lengthen”.
What are the principal parts of prōtendō?
prōtendō, prōtendere, prōtendī, prōtēnsum (third conjugation).
How do you pronounce prōtendō?
In classical Latin, [proːˈtɛn.doː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [proˈtɛn.do].
Where does prōtendō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? → Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? → Proto-Indo-European *pér → Proto-Indo-European *pró → Proto-Indo-European *pro- → Proto-Italic *pro- → Latin prōtendō.