distentus

distentus

Latin

Etymology 1

Perfect passive participle of distendō.

Participle

distentus (feminine distenta, neuter distentum); first/second-declension participle

1. stretched out, extended
2. swollen, distended

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	distentus	distenta	distentum		distentī	distentae	distenta
Genitive	distentī	distentae	distentī		distentōrum	distentārum	distentōrum
Dative	distentō		distentō		distentīs
Accusative	distentum	distentam	distentum		distentōs	distentās	distenta
Ablative	distentō	distentā	distentō		distentīs
Vocative	distente	distenta	distentum		distentī	distentae	distenta

Etymology 2

Perfect passive participle of distineō.

Participle

distentus (feminine distenta, neuter distentum); first/second-declension participle

1. divided, separated
2. distracted

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	distentus	distenta	distentum		distentī	distentae	distenta
Genitive	distentī	distentae	distentī		distentōrum	distentārum	distentōrum
Dative	distentō		distentō		distentīs
Accusative	distentum	distentam	distentum		distentōs	distentās	distenta
Ablative	distentō	distentā	distentō		distentīs
Vocative	distente	distenta	distentum		distentī	distentae	distenta

References

• “distentus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “distentus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• distentus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be involved in many undertakings; to be much occupied, embarrassed, overwhelmed by business-claims: multis negotiis implicatum, districtum, distentum, obrutum esse