tenuistis
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. perf. act. ind. 2nd
Examples
- T
Mostellaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...manus. PHILEM. Quid ita, obsecro? SC. Vt speculum tenuisti, metuo ne olant argentum manus: ne usquam argentum..." - M
XVII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...iterum litigare, defendi. me vero tunc pariter omnes tenuistis, adfectus, indignatio, pietas, reverentia, dolor. ego propter patrem mori..."