intendo

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inˈtɛn.do/
• Rhymes: -ɛndo
• Hyphenation: in‧tèn‧do

Verb

intendo

1. first-person singular present indicative of intendere

Anagrams

• dentino, dentoni, tendoni

Latin

Etymology

From in- +‎ tendō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪnˈtɛn.doː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [in̪ˈt̪ɛn̪.d̪o]

Verb

intendō (present infinitive intendere, perfect active intendī, supine intentum or intensum); third conjugation

1. to stretch out; to strain
2. to turn one's attention to, focus (on)

   Synonyms: attendō, advertō, animadvertō, adversō

3. to aim, turn, direct
4. to intend to, aim, seek

   Synonyms: dēstinō, tendō, petō, quaerō, affectō, studeō, spectō, quaesō, circumspiciō

   Antonyms: āversor, abhorreō, dēclīnō

5. (Medieval Latin) to understand
6. (Medieval Latin) to hear
7. (Medieval Latin) to think, believe
8. (Medieval Latin) to go to, travel
9. (Medieval Latin with dative) to obey

Conjugation

   Conjugation of intendō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	intendō		intendis		intendit		intendimus		intenditis		intendunt
	imperfect	intendēbam		intendēbās		intendēbat		intendēbāmus		intendēbātis		intendēbant
	future	intendam		intendēs		intendet		intendēmus		intendētis		intendent
	perfect	intendī		intendistī		intendit		intendimus		intendistis		intendērunt, intendēre
	pluperfect	intenderam		intenderās		intenderat		intenderāmus		intenderātis		intenderant
	future perfect	intenderō		intenderis		intenderit		intenderimus		intenderitis		intenderint
passive	present	intendor		intenderis, intendere		intenditur		intendimur		intendiminī		intenduntur
	imperfect	intendēbar		intendēbāris, intendēbāre		intendēbātur		intendēbāmur		intendēbāminī		intendēbantur
	future	intendar		intendēris, intendēre		intendētur		intendēmur		intendēminī		intendentur
	perfect	intentus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	intentus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	intentus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	intendam		intendās		intendat		intendāmus		intendātis		intendant
	imperfect	intenderem		intenderēs		intenderet		intenderēmus		intenderētis		intenderent
	perfect	intenderim		intenderīs		intenderit		intenderīmus		intenderītis		intenderint
	pluperfect	intendissem		intendissēs		intendisset		intendissēmus		intendissētis		intendissent
passive	present	intendar		intendāris, intendāre		intendātur		intendāmur		intendāminī		intendantur
	imperfect	intenderer		intenderēris, intenderēre		intenderētur		intenderēmur		intenderēminī		intenderentur
	perfect	intentus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	intentus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		intende		—		—		intendite		—
	future	—		intenditō		intenditō		—		intenditōte		intenduntō
passive	present	—		intendere		—		—		intendiminī		—
	future	—		intenditor		intenditor		—		—		intenduntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		intendere			intendī			intendēns			—
future		intentūrum esse			intentum īrī			intentūrus			intendendus, intendundus
perfect		intendisse			intentum esse			—			intentus
future perfect		—			intentum fore			—			—
perfect potential		intentūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		intendendī		intendendō		intendendum		intendendō		intentum		intentū

Derived terms

• intēnsus
• intentus
• intentō
• superintendēns

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Aromanian: ntindu, ãntindu, ntindiri
  • Romanian: întinde, întindere
• Ibero Romance:
  • Asturian: entender
  • Galician: entender
  • Mirandese: antender
  • Portuguese: entender, intender
  • Spanish: entender, intender
• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: intèndhere, intendi, intèndiri, intènnere
• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: intèndere
  • Sicilian: ntènniri
• Northern Gallo-Romance:
  • Franco-Provençal: entendre
  • Old French: entendre
    • → Middle English: entenden, intenden
      • English: intend
    • Middle French: entendre
      • French: entendre
• Padanian:
  • Friulian: intindi
  • Venetan: intender, intendar
• Southern Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: entendre
  • Occitan: entendre
• → German: intendieren

References

• “intendo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “intendo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• intendo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• "intendere", 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)
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to journey towards a place: iter aliquo dirigere, intendere
    
  • to gaze intently all around: in omnes partes aciem (oculorum) intendere
    
  • to direct one's attention..: cogitationem, animum in aliquid intendere (Acad. 4. 46)
    
  • to go to law with, sue a person: litem alicui intendere
    
• intendo in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016