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tendebat

tendebat is a Latin form of tendo, meaning “stretch, extend; aim, direct; make one's way; strive; pitch (a tent)”. It is the 3rd person singular imperfect active indicative.

Found 50 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Vergil, Aeneid 1.656: Haec celerans ita ad naves tendebat Achates.

Ovid, Metamorphoses 2.477: stravit humi pronam. Tendebat bracchia supplex:

All forms of tendo (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.