intensĭo

ōnis, f.

intendo

I. A stretching out, straining, effort: oculorum, Scrib. Comp. 255.—
B. An intensifying, increase: calorem suum (sol) intensionibus ac remissionibus temperando fovet, Sen. Q. N. 7, 1, 3.—
II. The tune: gravis, media, acuta, Censor. 12.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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