intentus

Latin

Alternative forms

• intensus

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of intendō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪnˈtɛn.tʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [inˈtɛn.tus]

Adjective

intentus (feminine intenta, neuter intentum, comparative intentior, superlative intentissimus); first/second-declension adjective

1. mindful, attentive (to the situation at hand)

   Synonyms: intēnsus, attentus, ērēctus, cautus

   Antonym: incautus

   • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita 26.1:

     Ea tum cura maxime intentos habebat Romanos, non ab ira tantum, quae in nullam unquam ciuitatem iustior fuit, quam quod urbs tam nobilis ac potens, sicut defectione sua traxerat aliquot populos, ita recepta inclinatura rursus animos uidebatur ad ueteris imperii respectum.

     This concern in particular troubled the mindful Romans at the time, not so much because of anger, which has never been more justified against any other city, rather because a city so noble and powerful, in the same way that it had attracted the support of a number of communities by its revolt, was thought would again turn attention back towards respect for the previous government once recaptured.

   • 96 CE – 103 CE, Sextus Julius Frontinus, De Aqueductibus Urbis Romae 2.1:

     Cum omnis res ab imperatore delegata intentiorem exigat curam

     • 1925 translation by Charles E. Bennett

       Inasmuch as every task assigned by the Emperor demands especial attention

2. intent on (something) (having one's attention fixed on something)

   Synonyms: intēnsus, contentus

   Antonym: invītus

3. serious, earnest

   Synonyms: dēsīderōsus, impiger, studiōsus, sēdulus, ācer, cupidus, aspīrāns

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	intentus	intenta	intentum		intentī	intentae	intenta
genitive	intentī	intentae	intentī		intentōrum	intentārum	intentōrum
dative	intentō	intentae	intentō		intentīs
accusative	intentum	intentam	intentum		intentōs	intentās	intenta
ablative	intentō	intentā	intentō		intentīs
vocative	intente	intenta	intentum		intentī	intentae	intenta

Derived terms

• intentiō

Related terms

• intendo

Descendants

• Asturian: intentu
• Catalan: intent
• Old French: entent
  • → Middle English: entent
    • English: intent
• Galician: intento
• Italian: intento
• Portuguese: intento
• Spanish: intento
• ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *intenta
  • Old French: entente
    • French: entente
      • → English: entente
      • → Romanian: antantă
      • → Turkish: antant

References

• “intentus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “intentus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “intentus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be engaged upon a matter: intentum esse alicui rei
    
• intentus in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016