per-tendo, di, sum, and tum, 3, v. a., and n.—Prop., to stretch out, extend hence, transf., *
I Act. , to carry out , go on with , perform any thing: video non licere ut coeperam hoc pertendere, Ter. Heaut. 1053.—
II Neutr.
A Prop., to strive forward , to push on to a place; hence, to go right on , proceed to (not in Cic. or Caes.; ap. Cic. Balb. 5, 11, the correct reading is perpendemus): pars maxima Romam pertenderunt, Liv. 5, 8: pertendit ad alteram ripam, Suet. Caes. 32; id. Vit. Plin.; id. Caes. 4.—
B Trop., to keep on , persevere , persist : verum si incipies, neque pertendes naviter, Ter. Eun. 51: a qua re sit pertinacia quom quaeritur, ostenditur esse a pertendendo ... in quo non debet pertendi, etc., Varr. L. L. 5, § 2 Müll.; Prop. 2, 15 (3, 7), 17.—
C To attend , be attentive (late Lat.), Laurent. Hom. 1.