Intendo

Latin-English

intend|ō, -ĕre, -ī, intentum. (inˈten.do) v. trans.

1. To stretch; to extend.
2. To aim, direct, or turn a thing towards.
3. To intend; to be intent on.
4. To assert.

[in + tendo.]

Loci

• αʹ Cicero, Cato Maior de Senectute 11.37:

Quattuor robustos filios, quinque filias, tantam domum, tantas clientelas Appius regebat et caecus et senex, intentum enim animum tamquam arcum habebat nec languescens succumbebat senectuti.

Appius, both old and blind, was in charge of four strong sons, five daughters, such a big household, and so many clients because he held his mind taut like a bow, and did not succumb weakly to old age.

• βʹ Horace, Sermones 1.5: