(verb) : per-tendo, di, sum, and tum, 3, , and n.—Prop., to stretch out, extend hence, transf., *
* Act., to carry out, go on with, perform any thing: video non licere ut coeperam hoc pertendere,Ter. Heaut. 5, 5, 9.
* Neutr.
* Prop., to strive forward, to push on to a place; hence, to go right on, proceed to (not in Cic. or Caes.; ap. Cic. Balb. 5, 11, the correct reading is perpendemus): pars maxima Romam pertenderunt,Liv. 5, 8: pertendit ad alteram ripam,Suet. Caes. 32; id. Vit. Plin.; id. Caes. 4.
* Trop., to keep on, persevere, persist: verum si incipies, neque pertendes naviter,Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 6: a qua re sit pertinacia quom quaeritur, ostenditur esse a pertendendo ... in quo non debet pertendi, etc.,Varr. L. L. 5, § 2 Müll.; Prop. 2, 15 (3, 7), 17.
* To attend, be attentive (late Lat.), Laurent. Hom. 1.

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