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LNS

tenācitās, tenācitātis

tenax

noun (f., 3^rd declension)

a holding fast, tenacity
a holding fast to money, niggardliness, parsimony

Abbreviations

tenācitas, ātis, f. tenax, a holding fast, tenacity (very rare). * In gen.: (animalia) cibum partim unguium tenacitate arripiunt, Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 122; Plin. 9, 29, 46, § 86.

— In partic., a holding fast to money, niggardliness, parsimony, Liv. 34, 7, 4.