praetendo
Latin
Etymology
From prae- (“before, in front of”) + tendō (“stretch, strive for”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /prae̯ˈten.doː/, [präe̯ˈt̪ɛn̪d̪oː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /preˈten.do/, [preˈt̪ɛn̪d̪o]
Verb
praetendō (present infinitive praetendere, perfect active praetetendī, supine praetentum or praetēnsum); third conjugation
- I stretch forth or forward; I extend.
- I spread before, hold out, place in front of.
- I put forward as an excuse, allege, pretend.
- Synonyms: fingō, simulō, mentior, affectō, ēmentior, dissimulō
Conjugation
- The participle form is often spelled praetēnsus, but the supine can appear as praetentum.
| Conjugation of praetendō (third conjugation) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | praetendō | praetendis | praetendit | praetendimus | praetenditis | praetendunt |
| imperfect | praetendēbam | praetendēbās | praetendēbat | praetendēbāmus | praetendēbātis | praetendēbant | |
| future | praetendam | praetendēs | praetendet | praetendēmus | praetendētis | praetendent | |
| perfect | praetetendī | praetetendistī | praetetendit | praetetendimus | praetetendistis | praetetendērunt, praetetendēre | |
| pluperfect | praetetenderam | praetetenderās | praetetenderat | praetetenderāmus | praetetenderātis | praetetenderant | |
| future perfect | praetetenderō | praetetenderis | praetetenderit | praetetenderimus | praetetenderitis | praetetenderint | |
| passive | present | praetendor | praetenderis, praetendere | praetenditur | praetendimur | praetendiminī | praetenduntur |
| imperfect | praetendēbar | praetendēbāris, praetendēbāre | praetendēbātur | praetendēbāmur | praetendēbāminī | praetendēbantur | |
| future | praetendar | praetendēris, praetendēre | praetendētur | praetendēmur | praetendēminī | praetendentur | |
| perfect | praetentus or praetēnsus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | praetentus or praetēnsus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | praetentus or praetēnsus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | praetendam | praetendās | praetendat | praetendāmus | praetendātis | praetendant |
| imperfect | praetenderem | praetenderēs | praetenderet | praetenderēmus | praetenderētis | praetenderent | |
| perfect | praetetenderim | praetetenderīs | praetetenderit | praetetenderīmus | praetetenderītis | praetetenderint | |
| pluperfect | praetetendissem | praetetendissēs | praetetendisset | praetetendissēmus | praetetendissētis | praetetendissent | |
| passive | present | praetendar | praetendāris, praetendāre | praetendātur | praetendāmur | praetendāminī | praetendantur |
| imperfect | praetenderer | praetenderēris, praetenderēre | praetenderētur | praetenderēmur | praetenderēminī | praetenderentur | |
| perfect | praetentus or praetēnsus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | praetentus or praetēnsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | praetende | — | — | praetendite | — |
| future | — | praetenditō | praetenditō | — | praetenditōte | praetenduntō | |
| passive | present | — | praetendere | — | — | praetendiminī | — |
| future | — | praetenditor | praetenditor | — | — | praetenduntor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | praetendere | praetetendisse | praetentūrum esse, praetēnsūrum esse | praetendī | praetentum esse, praetēnsum esse | praetentum īrī, praetēnsum īrī | |
| participles | praetendēns | — | praetentūrus, praetēnsūrus | — | praetentus, praetēnsus | praetendendus, praetendundus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| praetendendī | praetendendō | praetendendum | praetendendō | praetentum, praetēnsum | praetentū, praetēnsū | ||
Derived terms
- praetēnsus
- praetentūra
- praetentus
Related terms
- tendō
Descendants
- Catalan: pretendre
- Italian: pretendere
- Old French: pretendre
- Middle French: pretendre
- French: prétendre
- Anglo-Norman: pretendre
- → English: pretend
- Middle French: pretendre
- Portuguese: pretender
- Romanian: pretinde
- Sicilian: pritènniri
- Spanish: pretender
References
- “praetendo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “praetendo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- praetendo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to make something an excuse, pretext: praetendere, praetexere aliquid
- to make something an excuse, pretext: praetendere, praetexere aliquid