teneo
Latin
Etymology
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From Proto-Italic *tenēō, stative from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch, draw”), see also Ancient Greek τείνω (teínō), Persian تنیدن (tanidan, “to web”), Sanskrit तनोति (tanóti) and Old English þennan.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈte.ne.oː/, [ˈt̪ɛneoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈte.ne.o/, [ˈt̪ɛːneo]
Audio (Classical): (file)
Verb
teneō (present infinitive tenēre, perfect active tenuī, supine tentum); second conjugation
- I hold, have; grasp
- I possess, occupy, control
- I watch, guard, maintain, defend; retain, keep
- I reach, attain; gain, acquire, obtain
- I hold fast, restrain, detain, check, control; bind, fetter
- (reflexive) I keep back, remain, stay, hold position
- I know, grasp, understand, conceive
- I recollect, retain knowledge of, remember, bear in mind
- I insist, uphold
- (of laws) I am binding on; bind, hold, obligate
- I comprise, contain, include, hold
Conjugation
The supine form tentum occurs only in compound verbs.
Synonyms
- (have): habeō
Derived terms
Descendants
- Aragonese: tener
- Aromanian: tsãn, tsãneari
- Asturian: tener
- Catalan: tenir, tindre
- Corsican: tena
- Dalmatian: tenar
- English: tenet, tenor, tenure
- French: tenir
- Friulian: tignî
- Galician: ter
References
- “teneo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “teneo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- teneo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- the rain continues: imber tenet (Liv. 23. 44. 6)
- from one's cradle, from one's earliest childhood: a teneris unguiculis (ἐξ ἁπαλων ὀνύχων) (Fam. 1. 6. 2)
- I abide by this opinion: illud, hoc teneo
- I have great hopes that..: magna me spes tenet (with Acc. c. Inf.) (Tusc. 1. 41. 97)
- (ambiguous) to hold something in one's hand: manu or in manu tenere aliquid
- (ambiguous) to hold fast in the teeth (also metaphorically, obstinately): mordicus tenere aliquid
- (ambiguous) to be scarcely able to restrain one's laughter: risum tenere vix posse
- (ambiguous) to be hardly able to restrain one's tears: lacrimas tenere non posse
- (ambiguous) to be confined to one's bed: lecto teneri
- (ambiguous) to be in gross error, seriously misled: magno errore teneri
- (ambiguous) to abide by one's resolution: propositum, consilium tenere (opp. a proposito deterreri)
- (ambiguous) to remember a thing perfectly: memoriā tenere aliquid
- (ambiguous) to remember a thing perfectly: memoriam alicuius rei tenere
- (ambiguous) to have a vivid recollection of a thing: recenti memoria tenere aliquid
- (ambiguous) to be enamoured of philosophy: philosophiae (sapientiae) studio teneri (Acad. 1. 2. 4)
- (ambiguous) to insist on a point: tenere aliquid; stare in aliqua re
- (ambiguous) to be well versed in Roman history: memoriam rerum gestarum (rerum Romanarum) tenere
- (ambiguous) to be considered the foremost orator: eloquentiae principatum tenere
- (ambiguous) to rivet the attention of..: animos tenere
- (ambiguous) to cherish a hope: spe duci, niti, teneri
- (ambiguous) to long for a thing, yearn for it: desiderio alicuius rei teneri, affici (more strongly flagrare, incensum esse)
- (ambiguous) to be bound by one's word; to be on one's honour: fide obstrictum teneri (Pis. 13. 29)
- (ambiguous) to have an inclination for a thing: studio alicuius rei teneri
- (ambiguous) to observe moderation, be moderate: modum tenere, retinere, servare, adhibere
- (ambiguous) to observe the golden mean: mediocritatem tenere (Off. 1. 25. 89)
- (ambiguous) to remain true to one's principles: institutum tenere
- (ambiguous) to be bound by oath: iureiurando teneri (Off. 3. 27. 100)
- (ambiguous) to be the slave of superstition: superstitione teneri, constrictum esse, obligatum esse
- (ambiguous) to never appear in public: domi se tenere
- (ambiguous) to be a strict disciplinarian in one's household: severum imperium in suis exercere, tenere (De Sen. 11. 37)
- (ambiguous) to keep up a usage: consuetudinem suam tenere, retinere,[TR1] servare
- (ambiguous) to hold the reins of government: clavum rei publicae tenere
- (ambiguous) to occupy the leading position: principatum tenere, obtinere
- (ambiguous) to be bound by a law: lege teneri
- (ambiguous) to have power over some one: imperium tenere (in aliquem)
- (ambiguous) to keep the citizens in servile subjection: civitatem servitute oppressam tenere (Dom. 51. 131)
- (ambiguous) to maintain one's right: ius suum tenere, obtinere
- (ambiguous) to be convicted by some one's evidence: testibus teneri, convictum esse
- (ambiguous) to be commander-in-chief: imperii summam tenere (Rep. 2. 28)
- (ambiguous) to hold a mountain: tenere montem (B. G. 1. 22)
- (ambiguous) to remain inactive in camp: se (quietum) tenere castris
- (ambiguous) to keep a town in a state of siege: oppidum in obsidione tenere
- (ambiguous) to hold on one's course: cursum tenere (opp. commutare and deferri)
- (ambiguous) to steer: clavum tenere
- (ambiguous) to keep the coast and harbours in a state of blockade: litora ac portus custodia clausos tenere
- the rain continues: imber tenet (Liv. 23. 44. 6)
- teneo in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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