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tenax

tenax

Latin

Adjective

tenāx m, f, n ‎(genitive tenācis); third declension

Inflection

Third declension.

Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
nominative	tenāx			tenācēs	tenācia
genitive	tenācis			tenācium
dative	tenācī			tenācibus
accusative	tenācem	tenāx		tenācēs	tenācia
ablative	tenācī			tenācibus
vocative	tenāx			tenācēs	tenācia

Descendants

Catalan: tenaç
English: tenacious
French: tenace
Italian: tenace
Old French: tenais

Old Portuguese: tẽaz
Portuguese: tenaz
Sardinian: tenaghe
Spanish: tenaz, tenaza

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
Félix Gaffiot (1934), “tenax”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.