tenacity

tenacity
subs.
Endurance: P. καρτερία, ἡ, καρτέρησις, ἡ.
Obstinacy: P. αὐθάδεια, ἡ, Ar. and V. αὐθᾱδία, ἡ.

TENACIOUSNESS TENACITY

tenacitas (PROP. and figuratively). Vid: also FIRMNESS.

tenacity:

1. tĕnācĭtas: to seize food by the t. of their talons, cibum unguium tenacitate arripere, Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 122.

2. lentor (toughness, viscidity): the t. of pitch, l. picis, Plin. 11, 16, 22.