tensura
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From tendō (“stretch, extend”) + -tūra.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /tenˈsuː.ra/, [t̪ẽːˈs̠uːrä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /tenˈsu.ra/, [t̪enˈsuːrä]
Noun edit
tēnsūra f (genitive tēnsūrae); first declension
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | tēnsūra | tēnsūrae |
| Genitive | tēnsūrae | tēnsūrārum |
| Dative | tēnsūrae | tēnsūrīs |
| Accusative | tēnsūram | tēnsūrās |
| Ablative | tēnsūrā | tēnsūrīs |
| Vocative | tēnsūra | tēnsūrae |
Synonyms edit
- (stretching, straining): tendor
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- “tensura”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- tensura in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- tensura in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.