tensus Latin · revision 9144

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Priapea|origins=ine-pro *ten-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈtẽː.sʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈtɛn.sus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''tēnsus''' (feminine tēnsa, neuter tēnsum); first/second-declension participle^(Wiktionary)

+ The form ''tentus'' is also used.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a participle of [[tendō]] “to stretch”, [[inh|itc-pro|*tensos]], a later analogical form beside ⟨tentus⟩.^(Wiktionary)^(OLD 2012)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is the ''Priapea'' (1st century AD).^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant strained tight, taut, tense, and in Martial was used in an erotic context.^(OLD 2012)

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+ It survives in Italian ''teso'', Spanish ''tieso'' and Romanian ''tins'', and gave [[en|tense]] in the 1660s, “stretched tight”.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1st century AD – The ''Priapea'' uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 40–102/103 AD – Martial uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1660s – English ''tense'' (adjective) is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Stretched tight, taut, [[m|en|tense]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[tendō]]

+ * [[tēnsiō]]

+ * [[en|tense]]

+ * [[en|tension]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}