tenāx ācis, adj. with comp. and (late) sup.
2 TA-,
holding fast, griping, tenacious
: forceps, V.: dente
tenaci Ancora fundabat navīs, V.: lappa, O.—
Holding fast, griping, sparing, niggardly, stingy, tenacious
: pater: genus Quaesiti tenax, O.
—Of things,
holding fast, clinging
: in tenaci gramine, i. e.
matted
, H.: cerae,
sticky
, V.: passu stare tenaci, O.:
pondere tenacior (navis), L.: luctandum est cum tenacissimo sabulo,
Cu.—Fig.,
holding fast, retentive, firm, steadfast, persistent, tenacious
: fides, O.: propositi, H.: iustitiae,
Iu.: ficti pravique (Fama), V.—
Stubborn, obstinate
: equus contra sua vincla tenax, O.:
equum tenacem, non parentem, etc., L.:
Caesaris ira, O.
