teneo

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Verb [edit]

present active teneō, present infinitive tenēre, perfect active tenuī, supine tentum.

  1. I hold, have; grasp.
  2. I possess, occupy, control.
  3. I watch, guard, maintain, defend; retain, keep.
  4. I reach, attain; gain, acquire, obtain.
  5. I hold fast, restrain, detain, check, control; bind, fetter.
  6. (reflexive) I keep back, remain, stay, hold position.
  7. I know, grasp, understand, conceive.
  8. I recollect, retain knowledge of, remember, bear in mind.
  9. I insist, uphold.
  10. (of laws) I am binding on; bind, hold, obligate.
  11. I comprise, contain, include, hold.

Usage notes [edit]

The supine form tentum occurs only in compound verbs.

Inflection [edit]

    Second Conjugation, Defective


indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present teneō tenēs tenet tenēmus tenētis tenent
future tenēbō tenēbis tenēbit tenēbimus tenēbitis tenēbunt
imperfect tenēbam tenēbās tenēbat tenēbāmus tenēbātis tenēbant
perfect tenuī tenuistī tenuit tenuimus tenuistis tenuērunt
pluperfect tenueram tenuerās tenuerat tenuerāmus tenuerātis tenuerant
future perfect tenuerō tenueris tenuerit tenuerimus tenueritis tenuerint
passive present teneor tenēris tenētur tenēmur tenēminī tenentur
future tenēbor tenēberis tenēbitur tenēbimur tenēbiminī tenēbuntur
imperfect tenēbar tenēbāris tenēbātur tenēbāmur tenēbāminī tenēbantur
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present teneam teneās teneat teneāmus teneātis teneant
imperfect tenērem tenērēs tenēret tenērēmus tenērētis tenērent
perfect tenuerim tenuerīs tenuerit tenuerīmus tenuerītis tenuerint
pluperfect tenuissem tenuissēs tenuisset tenuissēmus tenuissētis tenuissent
passive present tenear teneāris teneātur teneāmur teneāminī teneantur
imperfect tenērer tenērēris tenērētur tenērēmur tenērēminī tenērentur
imperatives active passive
present (you) future (you) future (he/she) present (you) future (you) future (he/she)
singular tenē tenētō tenētō tenēre tenētor tenētor
plural tenēte tenētōte tenentō tenēminī — tenentor
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives tenēre tenuisse — tenērī — —
participles tenēns (tenentis) — — — — tenendus -nda, -ndum

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References [edit]

  • teneo in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879
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