tensor in Latin

IPA: [ˈtẽː.sɔr] [Classical-Latin], [ˈt̪ɛn.sor] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From tendō (“stretch, distend, extend”) + -tor (agent suffix). Etymology templates: {{af|la|tendō|-tor|pos2=agent suffix|t1=stretch, distend, extend}} tendō (“stretch, distend, extend”) + -tor (agent suffix) Head templates: {{la-noun|tēnsor<3>}} tēnsor m (genitive tēnsōris); third declension, {{tlb|la|New Latin}} (New Latin) Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|tēnsor<3>}} Forms: tēnsor [canonical, masculine], tēnsōris [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], tēnsor [nominative, singular], tēnsōrēs [nominative, plural], tēnsōris [genitive, singular], tēnsōrum [genitive, plural], tēnsōrī [dative, singular], tēnsōribus [dative, plural], tēnsōrem [accusative, singular], tēnsōrēs [accusative, plural], tēnsōre [ablative, singular], tēnsōribus [ablative, plural], tēnsor [singular, vocative], tēnsōrēs [plural, vocative]

Inflected forms

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"tensor" meaning in Latin

Noun

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