tensura
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom tendō (“stretch, extend”) + -tūra.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /tenˈsuː.ra/, [t̪ẽːˈs̠uːrä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /tenˈsu.ra/, [t̪enˈsuːrä]
Noun
edittēnsūra f (genitive tēnsūrae); first declension
Declension
editFirst-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
editDescendants
editReferences
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.