tenens

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of teneō (to hold, have).

Participle

tenēns (genitive tenentis); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. holding, having
  2. restraining
  3. knowing, grasping, understanding

Declension

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Descendants

  • Catalan: tinent
  • Galician: tenza
  • Sicilian: tinenti
  • Spanish: teniente
  • English: tenent

Further reading

Swedish

Pronunciation

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Noun

tenens

  1. definite genitive singular of ten

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