tendor

Latin

Etymology

From tendō (“stretch, extend”) +‎ -or. Attested once in Apuleius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈtɛn.dɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈtɛn.dor]

Noun

tendor m (genitive tendōris); third declension

1. stretching, straining, tension

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	tendor	tendōrēs
genitive	tendōris	tendōrum
dative	tendōrī	tendōribus
accusative	tendōrem	tendōrēs
ablative	tendōre	tendōribus
vocative	tendor	tendōrēs

Synonyms

• (stretching, straining): tensūra

Related terms

• tendicula
• tendō
• tensiō
• tensūra
• tensus
• tenta
• tentīgō
• tentipellium
• tentō
• tentōrium

References

• “tendor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “tendor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.