intent (adj.) Copy link Outline 1. intentus (foll. by ad, in and abl., less freq. abl. alone, or dat.)2. attentus (bent on3. ērectus (esp. with expectancy) • intent (adj.): 1. intentus (foll. by ad, in and abl., less freq. abl. alone, or dat.): though you are i. upon the relief of ..., quamvis i. animus tuus sit ad liberandum, Cic. Ph. 11, 9, 22: Caes.: but intentus in ea re, Caes. B. G. 3, 22, where the sense is engaged in, and intent thereupon: i. on some calling, aliquo negotio i., Sall. Cat. 2, extr.: v. attentive. 2. attentus (bent on: esp. with ref. to money-making: constr. like preced.): i. on pelf, a. ad rem, Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 48: i. on gain, a. quaesitis (dat.), Hor. S. 2, 6, 82. 3. ērectus (esp. with expectancy): more fully, intentus exspectatione, Liv. 2, 54: Cic. Join: intentus suspensusque, Liv. 1, 25. Phr.: i. thereupon, totus in illis, Hor. S. 1, 9, 2: to be i. on anything: (1). incumbo, cŭbui, ĭtum, 3 (to devote oneself to, strive hard for): to be i. upon renown, toto pectore inc. in laudem, Cic. Fam. 10, 10: v. to devote (oneself). (2). intendo, di, tum and sum, 3 (with animum; or as pass. refl. with animo): not to be i. enough upon a thing, parum [defigere] animum et intendere, Cic. Ac. 2, 15, 46: to be i. upon a thing, animo intendi in aliquid, Liv. 1, 25. (3). perh. immĭneo, ui, 2 (to threaten; hence, to be bent on getting: constr. various): cf. Cic. Ph. 5, 7, 20, hujus mendicitas aviditate conjuncta in nostras fortunas im. (overhangs, and is ready to descend upon): cf. also, emptioni im., Suet. Aug. 24, appy. = to be i. on buying. Phr.: to be more i. on doing one thing than another, avidius hoc quam illud facere, cf. Sall. Jug. 60.