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Latin
Etymology
From teneō (“I hold, grasp”) + -āx.
Pronunciation
Adjective
tenāx (genitive tenācis, comparative tenācior); third-declension one-termination adjective
- clinging
- tenacious
- Synonyms: obstinātus, inexōrābilis
- close-fisted, niggardly, stingy
- firm, steadfast, persistent
- Synonyms: fīxus, fortis
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
Descendants
References
- “tenax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “tenax”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- tenax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.