"tensor" meaning in Latin

See tensor in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈtẽː.sɔr] [Classical-Latin], [ˈtɛn.sor] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ten- Proto-Indo-European *tend-der. Proto-Italic *tendō Latin tendō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin tēnsor From tendō (“stretch, distend, extend”) + -tor (agent suffix). Etymology templates: {{ety|la|:af|tendō<t:stretch, distend, extend>|-tor<pos:agent suffix>|text=+|title=tēnsor|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ten- Proto-Indo-European *tend-der. Proto-Italic *tendō Latin tendō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin tēnsor [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "stretch", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*ten-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*tend-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*tendō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "tendō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent nouns", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tōr", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-tōr", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-tor", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la", "pos" : "agent suffix" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "tēnsor", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }" data-lang="la" data-title="tēnsor"> From 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]
  1. that which stretches Tags: New-Latin, declension-3
    Sense id: en-tensor-la-noun--7G2K8ze Categories (other): Latin entries with etymology texts, Latin entries with etymology trees, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the third declension, Latin terms suffixed with -tor, New Latin, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 8 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees

Inflected forms

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