intentĭo (noun F) : intendo
* A stretching out, straining, tension.
* Lit.: corporis,Cic. Tusc. 1, 10, 20: nervorum,Col. 6, 6: vocis,Plin. 28, 4, 14, § 53: aëris,Gell. 5, 16, 2: intentionem aëris ostendent tibi inflata, ... quid enim est vox nisi intentio aëris?Sen. Q. N. 2, 6, 3: et remissio motus,Gell. 18, 10: vultus,Tac. A. 16, 34.
* Increase, augmentation: doloris,Sen. Ep. 78, 7: ve particula tum intentionem significat, tum minutionem,Gell. 16, 5, 5.
* Trop., a directing of the mind towards any thing.
* Exertion, effort: animus intentione sua depellit pressum omnem ponderum, opp. remissio,Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 54: animi,id. ib. 2, 27, 65: cogitationum,id. ib. 4, 2; id. Inv. 2, 14, 46: tantum curae intentionisque,Plin. Ep. 2, 10, 5: ut libertatem revoces,id. Pan. 78 med.: ad intentiones capiendas habiliores,Gell. 15, 2, 5.
* Attention, application to any thing: lusūs,to play,Liv. 4, 17: intentionem alicui accommodare,Sen. Ep. 113, 3: avocare ab intentione operis destinati,Quint. 10, 3, 23: rerum,id. 6, 3, 1: rei familiaris,Plin. Ep. 1, 3, 2.
* A design, purpose, intention: haec intentio tua ut libertatem revoces,Plin. Pan. 78: defuncti,Dig. 34, 1, 10; Ambros. de Jos. Patriarch. 11, 52; Aug. c. Mendac. 18.
* A charge, accusation: intentio adversariorum,Cic. Inv. 2, 43, 125: judiciale genus officiis constat duobus, intentionis ac depulsionis,Quint. 3, 9, 11; 7, 1, 9.— Hence
* Esp., law t. t., that part of the formula or instruction given by the praetor to the court, setting forth the judgment or relief prayed for by a plaintiff in his complaint (cf. Sanders, Inst. of Just. introd. p. 65 sqq.): intentio est ea pars formulae qua actor desiderium suum concludit,Gai. Inst. 4, 41; 44 sq.; 53 sq.: cum petitor intentionem suam perdiderit,Dig. 10, 4, 9, § 6: quod intentionis vestrae proprias afferre debeatis probationes, Vet. Consult. 6, 14 Huschke.
* The first or major premise in a syllogism: ita erit prima intentio, secunda assumptio, tertia conexio,Quint. 5, 14, 6.

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