(v. a.P. a.) : in-tendo, di, tum and sum, 3, v. a. (
* Part. intenditus, Fronto, Fer. Als. 3, 11 Mai.), to stretch out or forth, extend.
* Lit.
* In hunc intende digitum, hic lenost, point in scorn, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 45: dextram ad statuam,Cic. Att. 16, 15: alicui manus,Sen. Clem. 1, 25: bracchia,Ov. M. 10, 58: manus,id. ib. 8, 107: jubet intendi bracchia velis,Verg. A. 5, 829: intenta bracchia remis, id. ib, 5, 136: ventis vela,id. ib. 3, 683: nervos aut remittere,Plin. 26, 10, 62, § 96: cutem,id. 8, 35, 53, § 125: jamque manus Colchis crinemque intenderat astris,Val. Fl. 8, 68.
* Trop.
* To aim or direct at a thing: tela in patriam,Cic. Prov. Cons. 9: tela intenta jugulis civitatis,id. Pis. 2: sagittam,Verg. A. 9, 590: telum in jugulum,Plin. Ep. 3, 9.
* To maintain, assert: eam sese intendit esse,Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 19.—Esp., as leg. t. t., to aver, maintain, assert as a plaintiff in court: quo modo nunc intendit,Cic. Quint. 29, 88: si quod intendit adversarius tuus, probationibus implere non possit, Vet. cujusd. Jurec. Consult. 6, 16 Huschke; Dig. 10, 4, 9, § 6.
* To threaten with any thing, to seek to bring upon, to afflict with: alicui actionem perduellionis,Cic. Mil. 14: alicui litem,id. de Or. 1, 10: periculum in omnes,id. Rosc. Am. 3: crimen in aliquem,Liv. 9, 26: injuriarum formulam,Suet. Vit. 7: probra et minas alicui,Tac. A. 3, 36: metum intendere,id. ib. 1, 28.
* Intendere in se, to contemplate one's self: quid sit Deus: totus in se intendat, an ad nos aliquando respiciat, Sen. Q. N. praef. 1.
* Intendere alicui, to be intended for a person, Stat. S. 3 praef.
* In rhet., to premise, to state as the proposition of a syllogism, Quint. 5, 14, 10.
* In gram., to make long, to use (a syllable) as long: primam syllabam intendit, tertiam corripuit,Gell. 13, 22. 18. — Hence, P. a. in two forms.
* Intendere se, to exert one's self, prepare for any thing: se ad firmitatem,Cic. Tusc. 2, 23: se in rem,Quint. 4, 1, 39: qui se intenderunt adversarios in ejus tribunatum, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 4, 2.
* Of speech and style, vigorous, nervous: sermo,Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 255: pars orationis,id. ib. 2, 52, 211. — Adv.: in-tentē, with earnestness, attentively, intently: pronuntiare,Plin. Ep. 5, 19: audire,Quint. 2, 2, 13.— Comp. (cf. intense): cum delectus intentius haberetur,Liv. 8, 17: et quo intentius custodiae serventur,id. 25, 30, 5: apparare proelium,id. 8, 1: se excusare,Tac. A. 3, 35: premere obsessos,id. ib. 15, 13: adesse alicui rei,id. ib. 11, 11.—Sup.: exspectans intentissime,Lampr. Elag. 14.
* Inten-tus, a, um.
* On the stretch, strained, bent: arcus,Cic. Sen. 10, 37; Plin. 8, 8, 8, § 26.
* Attentive to, intent upon, waiting for something.
* With dat.: quem pueri intenti ludo exercent,Verg. A. 7, 380: intentus recipiendo exercitui esse,Liv. 10, 42, 1.
* Absol., eager, intent: at Romani domi militiaeque intenti festinare,Sall. C. 6, 5: senatus nihil sane intentus,id. ib. 16, 5: intenti exspectant signum,Verg. A. 5, 137: intenti ora tenebant,id. ib. 2, 1: totam causam quam maxime intentis, quod aiunt, oculis contemplari,Cic. Fl. 11: intentaque tuis precibus se praebuit aure,Tib. 4, 1, 132. — Comp.: intentiore custodia aliquem asservare,Liv. 39, 19.—Sup.: cum intentissima conquisitione ad triginta milia peditum confecisset,Liv. 29, 35: intentissima cura aliquid consequi,Quint. 10, 1, 111: haec omnia intentissima cura acta,Liv. 25, 22, 4.
* Strict: intentum et magnis delictis inexorabilem scias,Tac. A. 12, 42: intentius delectum habere,Liv. 8, 17: intentiorem fore disciplinam,Tac. A. 12, 42.
* Raised: intento alimentorum pretio,Tac. H. 1, 89.
* Intensus, a, um.
* Stretched,tightened, tight: per intensos funes ire, Sen. de Ira, 2, 13.
* Violent: intensior impetus,Sen. Ira, 2, 35: virtus in mediocribus modice intensior,Nazar. Pan. ad Const. 23, 2.
* Attentive; sup., Aug. Ep. 56 al.— Adv.: intensē, violently; comp.: intensius, Fronto de Fer. Als. 3 Mai.; Schol. Juv. 11, 15; sup.: intensissime,Aug. Mor. Eccl. 19.

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