tenacia
Dictionary entries
- Entry →tenax, tenacis (gen.), tenacior -or -us, tenacissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
holding fast, clinging; tenacious; retentive; close-fisted/tight/niggardly;; restraining; (fetters/embrace); steadfast, persistent; obstinate, stubborn;
acc. pl. (n.)nom. pl. (n.)voc. pl. (n.)
Examples
Liber IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...fovent, hinc arte recentes excudunt ceras et mella tenacia fingunt. Hinc ubi iam emissum caveis ad sidera caeli..."Liber I
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...quondam a L. Domitio aggeratus, cetera limosa, tenacia gravi caeno aut rivis incerta erant; circum silvae paulatim adclives..."
