Lewis Short
(verb) : intento, āvi, ātum, 1, id.
* To stretch out or extend towards any thing.
* Lit.: haec sica intentata nobis est,Cic. Mil. 14: manus,Tac. A. 1, 27: alicui manus, Auct. B. Hisp. 22: cum voces cum manus intentarent,raise,Tac. A. 3, 36: strictos gladios,Suet. Caes. 14: manus ad sidera,Petr. 112.
* Transf.
* To direct or turn towards: oculos in proeliantes,Petr. 70.
* To stretch out threateningly towards, to threaten or attack with any thing: dolor ardentes faces intentat,Cic. Tusc. 5, 27, 76: arma Latinis Hernicis,Liv. 6, 27: Romanum imperium intentantes,id. 42, 12: praesentemque viris intentant omnia mortem,Verg. A. 1, 91: Verginius intentans in Appium manus,Liv. 3, 47, 7: ictus,Tac. H. 3, 31: probra ac verbera,id. A. 12, 47: terror omnibus intentabatur,all were struck with terror,id. ib. 3, 28: invicem crimen,Quint. 3, 10, 4: mortem,Amm. 15, 5, 37: pugnam,id. 16, 2, 12.
* To attack, accuse one: quasi intentantis loco,Cic. Inv. 2, 43, 125.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary