tend Copy link Outline I. Trans.1. cŏlo, cŏlui, cultum, 32. cūro, 13. prōcūro to t. trees, p. arbores, Cato R. R. 43, extr.4. assĭdeo, sēdi, sessum, 2 med. t. t.II. Intrans.1. tendo, tĕtendi, tensum and tentum, 32. specto, 1 (to look)3. pertĭneo, tĭnui, tentum, 2 • tend: I. Trans.: To take care of: 1. cŏlo, cŏlui, cultum, 3: to t. the vine, vitem c., Cic. Fin. 4, 14, 38: to t. trees, c. arbores, Hor. Od. 2, 14, 22: to t. one's tresses, c. capillos, Tib. 1, 8, 9. 2. cūro, 1: to t. the vineyard, c. vineam, Cato in Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 195: to t. bees, c. apes, Col. 9, 14, 1. 3. prōcūro to t. trees, p. arbores, Cato R. R. 43, extr.: to t. children, p. pueros. Pl. Poen. prolog. 29: v. care for. 4. assĭdeo, sēdi, sessum, 2 med. t. t.: to sit at a bed-side): have you any one to t. you? habes qui assideat? Hor. S. 1, 1, 82: Cels. 3, 4, ad med. Phr.: what care is needed in t.ing cattle, qui cultus habendo sit pecori, Virg. G. 1, 3. II. Intrans.: To go in a given direction: 1. tendo, tĕtendi, tensum and tentum, 3: hither we all t., huc tendimus omnes, Ov. M. 10, 34: the palm-tree t.s upwards, sursum tendit palmes, Col. 5, 6, 28: whither art thou tending, my Muse? quo Musa tendis? Hor. Od. 3, 3, 70: do you understand to what these things I am saying t.? tenesne quorsum haecce tendant quae loquor? Pl. Ps. 1, 2, 81 (86). 2. specto, 1 (to look): to what does the whole of this speech t.? quorsum haec omnis spectat oratio? Cic. Phil. 7, 9, 26: things t. to war, ad arma res spectat, id. Fam. 14, 5, ad med.: Liv. 3. pertĭneo, tĭnui, tentum, 2: see to what that t.s, illud quo pertineat videte, Cic. Agr. 2, 8, 20: matters seemed in no wise to t. to alleviate their wrongs, res nihil ad levandas injurias p. videbantur, Caes. B. C. 1, 9. Phr.: all things t. downwards, deorsum cuncta feruntur, Lucr. 2, 202: whither am I tending? quo feror? Ov. M. 9, 509: thither (i. e. to Tiberius) everything t.'d, illuc cuncta vergere, Tac. A. 1, 3, ad med.