TEN 
TEN 
TEN 
solutely, to be in tents, Is encamped. (See 
below.)-ir Also, to turn, direct, shape 
one’s course towards. Propert. lintea 
(A. c. vela) ad portus Phnrios, h. e. to 
sail to. Virg. oculos parit.er telurnque. 
Ovid. Tende lora sinistra, h. e. drive or 
guide to the left. So, also, Virg. iter ad 
naves. Auct. B. Afric. iter in Hispani- 
am. Liv. cursura aliquo. Also, ab¬ 
solutely, to go or travel towards. (See 
below.) Also, in the passive. Sil. 
Ad linern cceli medio tenduntur ab orbe 
• squalentes campi, li. e. extend _11 Al¬ 
so, to give, present, offer, hold out. Cic. 
Opera alicui porrigere et tendere. Virg. 
rnunera. Sil. honorem.-IT Also, to 
exert, strain. Stat. animum. Quintil. 
Vox tensior. Hence, absolutely, to ex¬ 
ert one’s self. (See below.)-H Also, 
to endeavor to effectuate or carry into exe¬ 
cution. Liv. Quod summa vi ut tende- 
rent, mandaverat. - IT. Intrans. 
to be in tents, to be encamped. Cces. 
and Liv. — Also, to stand in battle-array. 
Jluct. B. Jlfric. 17. - IT Also, to go, 
travel, run, sail, take his way, shape his 
course to a place. Cic. Venusiam. Liv. 
in castra. Plin. Ep. ad aliquera. Liv. 
in adversum ventum, h. e. to steer. 
Also, of inanimate things. Plin. Levia 
tendunt in sublime. Liv. In diversum 
sentential tendebant, h. e. were opposed 
to each other, differed. — Hence, figur. to 
extend or reach to or towards. Virg. Via 
tendit sub moenia. Plin. Gula°tendit 
ad stomachum. Id. Taurus mons ad 
occasum tendens. — Also, to aim at, have 
in view, design, intend. Terent. ad jur- 
gium. Cic. ad reliqua alacri anirao. 
Tacit. Effectis, in qu® tetendi. — Also, 
to be inclined to any thing, to favor, have 
a desire for any thing. Ovid, ad eloqui- 
um. Liv. ad Carthaginienses, li. e. to 
interest himself for, to favor. - -IT Al¬ 
so, to exert one's self, talc//pains, en¬ 
deavor, strive, struggle, contend. Liv. 
ad sua consilia, h. e. to endeavor to 
gain his ends. Quintil. ad majora. 
Liv. Tetendit, ut liceret. Also, with 
an irifin.it. following. Liv. prsvenire. 
Ilorat. Aqua tendit rumpere plumbum. 
— Hence, to fight, contend. Sallust. 
magna vi. Virg. vasto certamine. — 
Also, to contend with words, endeavor to 
maintain. Cic. Quid tendit ? h. e. what, 
does he mean by ill Also, to answer, 
reply. Virg. Nihil illi tendere contra. 
— Also, to oppose, resist, withstand. 
Liv. adversus rem. Id. Ilaud sane 
tetendere. Id. Quum adversus ten- 
dendo nihil moveret socios. Tacit. 
Si contra tenderet. - IT The parti¬ 
ciple is tensus, and tentus, a, um. Quin¬ 
til. Collum tensum. Ilorat. Tensa 
ubera. Ovid. Tentum cornu ( h. e. 
arcus). Comparat. Tensior. Quintil. 
Hence, Catull. Tentum, for mentula. 
TeND 6R (tendo), oris, m. a stretching out, 
3 tension, rams. Apul. faucium. 
TENEBeLLTE (dimin. of tenebr®), arum, 
3 f. darkness. Claud. Mamert. 
1’ENEBRTE (unc.), arum, f. darkness, 
ck6tos. Cic. Nos autem tenebras cogi- 
temus tantas, quant® quondam erupti- 
one jEtn®orum ignium finitimas regio- 
nes obscuravisse dicuntur. Id. Tetris 
tenebris, h. e. in horrid darkness. Hence, 
the darkness of night, night. Cic. Re- 
dii luce, non tenebris, h. e. by day, 
not by night. JYep. Tenebris obortis, 
A. e. when it was become dark or night. 
Liv. Primis tenebris, A. e. initio noctis. 
-IT Hence, darkness which spreads 
before one who is about to swoon, 
when it becomes dark before his eyes. 
Virg. -IT Also, blindness. Ovid. — 
Hence, figur. blindness, ignorance, stu¬ 
pidity. Cic. Pis. 26. O tenebrs, A. e. 0 
blinaness! 0 you blind, stupid fellow! 
■ - IT Also, obscurity in which any 
things or persons are, or which is in 
things or words. Cic. Arch. 6. In tene¬ 
bris jacere, A. c. to be unknown. Cic. 
Tamilian! e tenebris in lucem evocavit, 
b. e. from low circumstances. Id. Tene¬ 
bras rebus obducere or offundere, A. e. 
to render obscure or unintelligible. - 
IT Also, of a dark place, darkness, ob¬ 
scurity, gloom. Cic. lustrorum. Virg. 
Uemorum. Hence, a dark house, ob- 
tcure, hole, mean dwelling. Martial. 
Grylli. Hence, of a prison. Sallust. 
Clausi in tenebris. Also, the infernal 
regions. Senec. Tenebrarum potens. 
Virg. Stygi®. Id. Reddi tenebris.- 
IT Also, figur. confusion, calamities, dis¬ 
turbances, as, of a state. Cic. (or Pseudo- 
Cic .) Dorn. 10. - IT Also, figur. mist 
or dust which one raises before the eyes 
of another. Plaut. Tenebras alicui cu- 
dere.-IT The singular Tenebra oc¬ 
curs in Apul. and in Lamprid. 
TENEBRaRjOS (tenebr®), a, um, adj. 
3 obscure, unknown. Vopisc. homo, A. e. a 
mean, obscure, unknown fellow, or, a cun¬ 
ning, malicious one who shuns the light, 
or, a giddy-brained fellow. 
TENEBRaTIS (tenebro), onis, f. a dark- 
3 ening, clouding, crKOrcoga. Cal. Aurel. 
TENEBReSCS (tenebr®), is, n. 3. to bc- 
3 come dark. Augustin. 
TENEBRICS (Id.), as, avi, atum, n. 1. 
3 to grow or become dark. Tertull. 
TeNEBRICoSTPaS (Td.), atis, f. darh- 
3 ness, dimness. Cal. Aurel. 
TENEBRICoSOS (Id.), a, um, adj. full of 
darkness, that is in darkness, dark, gloomy, 
obscure, aKorcbSrig. (In Cic. always fig¬ 
ur. and usually of things which shame 
or forbearance leads us to hide). Cic. 
popina. Id. libidines. Id. Tenebrico- 
sissimum tempos astatis, A. e. unknown. 
— Hence, darkened. Cic. sensus.- 
IT Tenebricosus is much stronger (and 
has a far more hateful meaning) than 
obscurus; for while the latter denotes 
something of no value, of no account, 
of which no one takes notice, the for¬ 
mer refers to something positively bad, 
which seeks the darkness that it may 
hide itself. 
TENSBRICGS (Id.), a, um, adj. dark, ob- 
3 scure. Cic. e Sophocle. plaga. Tertull. 
vestis. 
TENEBRT5 (Id.), onis, m. one who shuns 
3 the light; also, a cheat, or, as a term of 
reproach, a worthless fellow. Varr. 
TENEBRS (Id.), as, a. 1. to darken. 
3 Lactanl. 
TENEBRoSOS (Id.), a, um, adj. full of 
3 darkness, obscure, dark, gloomy, a koto i- 
v6y. Virg. palus. Ovid, sedes, A. e. 
the infernal regions. Tertull. Career 
tenebrosior. Prudent, cor, A. e. darkened. 
Cod. Just. Error tenebrosissimus. 
TENEDOS, or TENEDOS (Teredos), i, f. 
an island of the JEgean sea, near Troy, 
called after king Tenes, who was worshiped 
there -Hence, Tenedlus, a, u>m, adj. 
of or belonging to Tenedos. Cic. secu- 
ris (proverbial of great severity, because 
king Tenes, from his great love of justice, 
used to place an executioner with his axe 
behind an accuser, in order to punish him, 
if it should be found that hefiad accused an 
innocent person). Id. Tenedii, A. e. the 
inhabitants of Tenedos. 
TENeLLOLOS (dimin. of tenellus), a, 
3 lim, adj. very tender or delicate. Catull. 
TENeLLOS (dimin. of tener), a, um, 
2 adj. tender, delicate, onTahcbrepos. Plaut. 
TENES (tendo), es, tenui, tentum, a. and 
n. 2. as if tube stretched, keep on the stretch. 
Hence,-1. Intrans. to hold, h. e. to 
be. Liv. Statio paucorum tenebat.- 
IT Also, to hold, last, continue. Liv. Im- 
ber per totam noctem tenuit. Id. Proe- 
lium a prima luce usque ad noctem 
tenuit. Id. Fama tenet, A. e. there is 
still a report, a report prevails, there is a 
tradition. Quintil. Consuetudo tenuit, 
ut, &c. A. c. it has hitherto been a custom, 
a custom has obtained. - IT Also, to 
hold, stop. Plaut. Tene, tene, A. e. stop! 
slop! to a person running. — Hence, to 
abstain or refrain from. Plant. Omnes 
tenerent credere, A. e. should be on their 
guard against lending money. Cic. Ego 
teneo ab accusando.-IT Also, to take 
root, take hold. Colum. Vitis tenuit_ 
IT Also, in navigation, to hold for, make 
for, steer towards. Ovid. Diam tene. Liv. 
ad Mendin. - II. Transitive, to 
hold, hold fast, keep, have. Cic. aiiquid 
in manu, or,Ovid. manu. Hence, Manu 
tenens, by one’s band; as, Sallust., ali- 
quem in senatum perducere. Cic. Tene- 
re radicem ore. Terent. flabellum. Cic. 
gubernacula reipublic®. Id. Teneo te, 
A. e. I have you, have you fast. Pandect. 
Teneri solo, A. e. coharere cum terra. 
Figur. Liv. Tenere vestigia aljcujus, 
A. c. to follow close in the footsteps of. 
trace the footsteps of, to pursue. Cic. and 
Cats, aiiquid memoria, A. e. to recollect, 
remember, keep in mind, retain in one’s 
memory. Cic. Tenere animo, or, sim¬ 
ply, Terent. and Cic. Tenere, A. c. to 
knoio, and sometimes, also, to under¬ 
stand, comprehend. -IT Also, to keep. 
Se tenere, to be. Liv. Quietum se tenere, 
h.e. to be quiet. Cats, and Liv. se cas- 
tris. JVcpos. se domi. Liv. Se tenere 
in ®terno servitio, A. e. to remain in. 
-If Also, to observe, keep. Cic. fidem. 
Id. ordinem. Id. Tenendum est, quod 
promiseris. Liv. 1,28. silentium, h.e. 
to be silent, keep silence. Also, to re¬ 
tain. Cic. consueludinem. Id. pecu- 
niam, A. e. to keep. -IT Also, to hold, 
detain, keep back. Cic. aliquem, Id. 
Non tenebo te pluribus. Hence, Te¬ 
neri, to he detained, to be obliged to stay. 
. Cic. septimum jam diem Corcyr®. —— 
IF Also, to hold, maintain, keep possession 
of, defend. Cats, locum, A. e. to main¬ 
tain the ground, remain there. Virg. 
Capitolia, A. c. to keep possession of, de¬ 
fend. -IT Also, to bind, oblige, engage. 
Liv. populuin pace. Cic. Leges “earn 
non terient. Id. Teneri lege, A. c. to be 
bound by a law, to be obliged to observe it. 
’So, also, Id. promisso. Liv. (aidere. 
Cic. pasim, A. e. to have incurred a penal¬ 
ty. — Hence, figur. to possess, incite, 
move, affect, seize. Cic. Qu® te pravi- 
tas mentis tenuit ? Id. Spes me tenet, 
A. e. I hove great hope, I am in hopes. Id. 
Desideriq rei teneri. Id. Nulla me'cu- 
piditas tenuit. —- Also, to captivate, 
charm, amuse, engage, delight., feast., at¬ 
tract, please, entertain, occupy in a pleas¬ 
ant manner. Cic. I’ueri ludis tenentur, 
A. e. amuse themselves. Id. Oculi pictu¬ 
re teneantur. Virg. vacuas mentes 
carmine. — Also, to convict, to catch, as 
it were, in the act. Cic. in manifesto 
peccato. Id. Dolum turn teneri, A. e. to 
be convicted, caught., detected, consequent¬ 
ly, to Ac considered as punishable. Cic. 
Crimen tenebitur argumento. Also, 
with a genit. Pandect. Teneri furti. 
Cic. cupiditatis.-IT Also, to keep in, 
shut up. Virg. pecus. Figur. Cces. 
aliquem in officio, A. e. to retain. — Al¬ 
so, to keep off or back. Ovid, manus ab 
aliquo.-IT Also, to keep back , slop, 
check, curb, refrain, restrain, abstain. 
Cels, ventrem, A. e. to bind, make costive. 
Virg. os, A. e. to hold his tongue, be 
silent. Cic. dolorem. Id. iracundiam. 
Id. lacrimas. Id. risum, A. c. to refrain 
from laughing. Liv. aliquem inetu. 
Cic. Vi or servitute oppressurri tenere 
aliquem, h.e. to keep in bondifge, keep 
under the yoke, keep in oppression. Hence, 
Se tenere, to keep himself, to abstain or 
refrain from; as, Cic. Nec se tenuit, quin 
librum ederet. Id. Teneri non potui, 
quin tibi declararem. — Hence, to keep 
to one’s self, keep secret, conceal. Cic. 
Or. 2, 54. - IT Also, to maintain, 
affirm, assert, give out for certain, defend. 
Cic. aiiquid arete. — Also, to prevail, 
carry a point, effectuate. Cic. Si recte 
conclusi, teneo, h.e. I am right. Liv. 
Teriuerunt patres, ut consul crearetur. 
Id. Plebs tenuit, ne, &c. Also, with 
an accusat. to preserve, cause any thin a- 
not. to be lost. Cic. non modo auctoritm- 
tem, sod etiam imperium in suos. Id. 
leges suas. Cws. propositum, A. c. to 
gain his end. Cic. causam, A. e. to gain. 
So, also, Ilorat. Quo caus® teste tenen¬ 
tur. -IT Also, to keep on, to continue, 
nut to swerve from. Cic. and Cws. cur- 
sum, A. e. to keep in the track or course, 
not to depart from. Plin. Ep. Rectum 
cursum, recta gubernacula in periculUm 
tenet, A. e. steers straight into danger. 
— Also, to cause any thing to remain 
in its condition, not to be destroyed or to 
go to ruin, to preserve from destruction. 
Cic. Terra tenetur nutu suo. — Al¬ 
so, to support, maintain, nourish. Cic. 
Tribus rebus vita tenetur. — Also, fa 
gain, obtain, reach, get to. Liv. re a - 
num virtute. Cic. portum. Liv. 
montem. — Also, to touch. Cic. terrain. 
-IT Also, to contain, comprehend, com¬ 
prise. Cic. Ut homines deorum agna- 
tione teneantur, A. e. belong to. B Id. 
Caus®, qu® farnijiaritate tenentur, A. e 
