tensura

Latin

Etymology

From tendō (stretch, extend) +‎ -tūra.

Pronunciation

Noun

tēnsūra f (genitive tēnsūrae); first declension

  1. stretching, straining, tension

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative tēnsūra tēnsūrae
genitive tēnsūrae tēnsūrārum
dative tēnsūrae tēnsūrīs
accusative tēnsūram tēnsūrās
ablative tēnsūrā tēnsūrīs
vocative tēnsūra tēnsūrae

Synonyms

  • (stretching, straining): tendor

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’s 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.