See tenax in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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},
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"name": "desc"
}
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},
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},
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"1": "fr",
"2": "tenace"
},
"expansion": "French: tenace",
"name": "desc"
}
],
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},
{
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"1": "gl",
"2": "tenaz",
"3": "tenaces"
},
"expansion": "Galician: tenaz, tenaces",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Galician: tenaz, tenaces"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "tenace"
},
"expansion": "Italian: tenace",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Italian: tenace"
},
{
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{
"args": {
"1": "fro",
"2": "tenais"
},
"expansion": "Old French: tenais",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old French: tenais"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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"1": "roa-opt",
"2": "tẽaz"
},
"expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: tẽaz",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: tẽaz"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "tenaz",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Portuguese: tenaz",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Portuguese: tenaz"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ro",
"2": "tenace"
},
"expansion": "Romanian: tenace",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Romanian: tenace"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "sc",
"2": "tenaghe"
},
"expansion": "Sardinian: tenaghe",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Sardinian: tenaghe"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "scn",
"2": "tinaci"
},
"expansion": "Sicilian: tinaci",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Sicilian: tinaci"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "tenaz",
"3": "tenaza"
},
"expansion": "Spanish: tenaz, tenaza",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Spanish: tenaz, tenaza"
}
],
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"1": "la",
"2": "teneō",
"3": "āx",
"t1": "I hold, grasp"
},
"expansion": "teneō (“I hold, grasp”) + -āx",
"name": "suffix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From teneō (“I hold, grasp”) + -āx.",
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{
"form": "tenāx",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "tenācis",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "tenācior",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "la-adecl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "tenāx",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine",
"neuter",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tenācēs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tenācia",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "tenācis",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"genitive",
"masculine",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tenācium",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"genitive",
"masculine",
"neuter"
]
},
{
"form": "tenācī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"feminine",
"masculine",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tenācibus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"feminine",
"masculine",
"neuter"
]
},
{
"form": "tenācem",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"feminine",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tenāx",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tenācēs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"feminine",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tenācia",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "tenācī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"feminine",
"masculine",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tenācibus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"feminine",
"masculine",
"neuter"
]
},
{
"form": "tenāx",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine",
"neuter",
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "tenācēs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine",
"singular",
"vocative"
]
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{
"form": "tenācia",
"source": "declension",
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"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
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"comp": "tenācior"
},
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}
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],
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},
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"categories": [
{
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"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin third declension adjectives of one termination",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
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"clinging"
],
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[
"clinging",
"clinging"
]
],
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"parents": [],
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}
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"tenacious"
],
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[
"tenacious",
"tenacious"
]
],
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{
"word": "obstinātus"
},
{
"word": "inexōrābilis"
}
],
"tags": [
"declension-3",
"one-termination"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "11 2 73 15",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "31 0 63 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin terms suffixed with -ax",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "28 16 28 28",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin third declension adjectives of one termination",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "13 0 80 8",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "10 0 87 3",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"close-fisted, niggardly, stingy"
],
"id": "en-tenax-la-adj-olD4UE6b",
"links": [
[
"close-fisted",
"close-fisted"
],
[
"niggardly",
"niggardly"
],
[
"stingy",
"stingy"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-3",
"one-termination"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "28 16 28 28",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin third declension adjectives of one termination",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"firm, steadfast, persistent"
],
"id": "en-tenax-la-adj-6ouzvbMS",
"links": [
[
"firm",
"firm"
],
[
"steadfast",
"steadfast"
],
[
"persistent",
"persistent"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "fīxus"
},
{
"word": "fortis"
}
],
"tags": [
"declension-3",
"one-termination"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈte.naːks/",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈt̪ɛnäːks̠]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈte.naks/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈt̪ɛːnäks]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "tenax"
}
{
"categories": [
"Latin 2-syllable words",
"Latin adjectives",
"Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"Latin lemmas",
"Latin terms suffixed with -ax",
"Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Latin third declension adjectives",
"Latin third declension adjectives of one termination",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ca",
"2": "tenaç"
},
"expansion": "Catalan: tenaç",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Catalan: tenaç"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "tenacious"
},
"expansion": "English: tenacious",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "English: tenacious"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "tenace"
},
"expansion": "French: tenace",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "French: tenace"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gl",
"2": "tenaz",
"3": "tenaces"
},
"expansion": "Galician: tenaz, tenaces",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Galician: tenaz, tenaces"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "tenace"
},
"expansion": "Italian: tenace",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Italian: tenace"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fro",
"2": "tenais"
},
"expansion": "Old French: tenais",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old French: tenais"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "roa-opt",
"2": "tẽaz"
},
"expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: tẽaz",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: tẽaz"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "tenaz",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Portuguese: tenaz",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Portuguese: tenaz"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ro",
"2": "tenace"
},
"expansion": "Romanian: tenace",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Romanian: tenace"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sc",
"2": "tenaghe"
},
"expansion": "Sardinian: tenaghe",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Sardinian: tenaghe"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "scn",
"2": "tinaci"
},
"expansion": "Sicilian: tinaci",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Sicilian: tinaci"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "tenaz",
"3": "tenaza"
},
"expansion": "Spanish: tenaz, tenaza",
"name": "desc"
}
],
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}
],
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"2": "teneō",
"3": "āx",
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"name": "suffix"
}
],
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"form": "tenāx",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "tenācis",
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"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "tenācior",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "la-adecl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "tenāx",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine",
"neuter",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tenācēs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tenācia",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "tenācis",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"genitive",
"masculine",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tenācium",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"genitive",
"masculine",
"neuter"
]
},
{
"form": "tenācī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"feminine",
"masculine",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tenācibus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"feminine",
"masculine",
"neuter"
]
},
{
"form": "tenācem",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"feminine",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tenāx",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tenācēs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"feminine",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tenācia",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "tenācī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"feminine",
"masculine",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tenācibus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"feminine",
"masculine",
"neuter"
]
},
{
"form": "tenāx",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine",
"neuter",
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "tenācēs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine",
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "tenācia",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "tenāx",
"comp": "tenācior"
},
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"name": "la-adj"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"te‧nāx"
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "tenāx"
},
"name": "la-adecl"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"clinging"
],
"links": [
[
"clinging",
"clinging"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-3",
"one-termination"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"tenacious"
],
"links": [
[
"tenacious",
"tenacious"
]
],
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{
"word": "obstinātus"
},
{
"word": "inexōrābilis"
}
],
"tags": [
"declension-3",
"one-termination"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"close-fisted, niggardly, stingy"
],
"links": [
[
"close-fisted",
"close-fisted"
],
[
"niggardly",
"niggardly"
],
[
"stingy",
"stingy"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-3",
"one-termination"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"firm, steadfast, persistent"
],
"links": [
[
"firm",
"firm"
],
[
"steadfast",
"steadfast"
],
[
"persistent",
"persistent"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "fīxus"
},
{
"word": "fortis"
}
],
"tags": [
"declension-3",
"one-termination"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈte.naːks/",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈt̪ɛnäːks̠]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈte.naks/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈt̪ɛːnäks]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "tenax"
}
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