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tĕnor , ōris, m. teneo, II. B.,
I.a holding on, holding fast; hence, an uninterrupted course, career, tenor (mostly post-Aug.; cf.: cursus, ordo).
I. In gen.: hasta fugit servatque cruenta tenorem, keeps its course, Verg. A. 10, 340: “(aulaea) placido educta tenore Tota patent,” by a steady motion, Ov. M. 3, 113: “hic tibi versandus tenor est,” id. A. A. 2, 729: “interrumpere tenorem rerum,” Liv. 41, 15, 7: “pugnae,” id. 8, 38, 11: “tenorem pugnae servabant,” id. 30, 18: “tenor vitae,” Ov. H. 17, 14; Liv. 40, 12, 7: “fati,” Ov. H. 7, 112: “eundem tenorem servare,” Col. Arb. 2, 2: “unus tenor algoris aestūsve,” Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 27: “eodem tenore duo insequentes consulatus gessi,” Liv. 7, 40, 9; cf.: “eodem consiliorum tenore,” id. 22, 15, 1: “uno et perpetuo tenore juris semper usurpato, numquam intermisso,” id. 35, 16; “austeritatis (in smaragdis),” Plin. 37, 5, 18, § 67: “tenorem in narrationibus servant,” connection, Quint. 10, 7, 6: “cum quantum, quale interrogantes gravi, comparantes acuto tenore concludunt,” i. e. tone, accent, id. 1, 5, 26; cf. in plur.: “adhuc difficilior observatio est per tenores vel accentus,” id. 1, 5, 22; cf. “§ 26: vel heroos gressu truncare tenores,” i. e. mingle pentameters with heroic verses, Stat. S. 5, 3, 99.—
B. Adverb.: uno tenore, in one course or direction, uninterruptedly, uniformly: isque (stilus medius) uno tenore, ut aiunt, in dicendo fluit, * Cic. Or. 6, 21: “brevis profecto res est, si uno tenore peragitur,” Liv. 5, 5, 7: “uno tenore fidem colere,” id. 22, 37, 10: “tenore uno in mediam aciem illati,” id. 22, 47, 6; cf.: “hi mores eaque caritas patriae per omnes ordines velut tenore uno pertinebat,” id. 23, 49, 3: so, “uno velut tenore,” id. 2, 42, 8.—
II. In partic., in the later jurid. lang., the connection, contents, sense, tenor of a law: “pro tenore legis Aquiliae,” Dig. 9, 2, 56: “pro tenore S C Claudiani,” Paul. Sent. 2, 21, 18: “auctorum verba emendare tenore sententiae perseverante, non est prohibitum,” Dig. 42, 1, 46.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (21):
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 3.113
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 10.340
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 14.27
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 37.67
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 41, 15.7
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 5, 5.7
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 7, 40
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 8, 38
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 35, 16
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 22, 37
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 22, 47
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 2, 42.8
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 22, 15
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 23, 49
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 30, 18
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 40, 12.7
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 1, 5.22
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 1, 5.26
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 10, 7.6
    • Statius, Silvae, 5.3
    • Cicero, Orator, 6.21
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