praetendo

== Latin == === Etymology === From prae- (“before, in front of”) + tendō (“stretch, strive for”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [prae̯ˈtɛn.doː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [preˈtɛn.do] === Verb === praetendō (present infinitive praetendere, perfect active praetetendī, supine praetentum or praetēnsum); third conjugation to stretch forth or forward; to extend to spread before, hold out, place in front of to put forward as an excuse, allege, pretend Synonyms: fingō, simulō, mentior, affectō, ēmentior, dissimulō ==== Conjugation ==== The participle form is often spelled praetēnsus, but the supine can appear as praetentum. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== tendō ==== Descendants ==== === References === “praetendo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “praetendo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “praetendo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.