tensura

== Latin == === Etymology === From tendō (“stretch, extend”) +‎ -tūra. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [tẽːˈsuː.ra] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [tenˈsuː.ra] === Noun === tēnsūra f (genitive tēnsūrae); first declension stretching, straining, tension ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Synonyms ==== (stretching, straining): tendor ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Portuguese: tesura Spanish: tesura === References === “tensura”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "tensura", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “tensura”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.