tenour
tenour:
1. tĕnor (unbroken course): the t. of life, t. vitae, Ov. H. 17, 14: to preserve the t. of the discourse, t. in narrationibus servare, Quint. 10, 7, 6: in an even and unbroken t. of right which was always preserved and never interrupted, uno et perpetuo t. juris semper usurpato nunquam intermisso, Liv. 35, 16: it was by no means convenient that the t. of affairs should be interrupted in the transaction of which continuity was of itself of the highest importance, interrumpi t. rerum, in quibus peragendis continuatio ipsa efficacissima esset, minime convenire, id. 41, 15: esp. as a leg. t. t.: according to the t. of the lex Aquilia, pro tenore legis Aquiliae, Paul. Dig. 9, 2, 56.
2. exemplum (purport): a letter is brought of the following t., litterae sunt allatae hoc exemplo, Cic. Att. 9, 6: to write twice in the same t., bis eodem e. scribere, id. Fam. 9, 16, init.: v.PURPORT , DRIFT . Phr.: to be drawn into a certain way and t. of living, implicari aliquo certo genere cursuque vivendi, Cic. Off. 1, 32, 177.
1. tĕnor (unbroken course): the t. of life, t. vitae, Ov. H. 17, 14: to preserve the t. of the discourse, t. in narrationibus servare, Quint. 10, 7, 6: in an even and unbroken t. of right which was always preserved and never interrupted, uno et perpetuo t. juris semper usurpato nunquam intermisso, Liv. 35, 16: it was by no means convenient that the t. of affairs should be interrupted in the transaction of which continuity was of itself of the highest importance, interrumpi t. rerum, in quibus peragendis continuatio ipsa efficacissima esset, minime convenire, id. 41, 15: esp. as a leg. t. t.: according to the t. of the lex Aquilia, pro tenore legis Aquiliae, Paul. Dig. 9, 2, 56.
2. exemplum (purport): a letter is brought of the following t., litterae sunt allatae hoc exemplo, Cic. Att. 9, 6: to write twice in the same t., bis eodem e. scribere, id. Fam. 9, 16, init.: v.