verb transitive

rĕ-tendo

2nd PP rĕ-tendere · 3rd PP rĕ-tendi · 4th PP tum · conj. 3rd

to release from tension; to unbend; slacken

to release from tension, to unbend, slacken, relax (very rare; syn.: relaxo, resolvo).

part. perf •

Lit.: lentos arcus, to unbend, Ov. M. 2, 419; Stat. S. 4, 4, 30; in the part. perf.: arcus retentus, Ov. M. 3, 166: arcus retensus, Phaedr. 3, 14, 5.— *

unbend; relax figuratively

Trop.: ea quoque, quae sensu et animā carent, velut alternā quiete retenduntur, i. e. unbend, relax (shortly before, remissio), Quint. 1, 3, 8.

Perseus ID: n41464 Key: retendo