tenemur
Dictionary entries
- Entry →teneo, tenere, tenui, tentus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
hold, keep; comprehend; possess; master; preserve; [tenere memoria => remember];; represent; support;
pl. pres. pass. ind. 1st
Examples
- P
Metamorphoses X
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...mori vitamque liceret reddere! quod quoniam fatali lege tenemur, semper eris mecum memorique haerebis in ore. te lyra..." - G
Liber IV
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...mehercule. Nam invicem nos incredibili quodam desiderio vestri tenemur, quod non ultra differemus. Atque adeo iam sarcinulas alligamus..."