tenacitas

tĕnācĭtas, ātis, f. [tenax], a holding fast, tenacity (very rare). *

• I In gen.: (animalia) cibum partim unguium tenacitate arripiunt, Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 122; Plin. 9, 29, 46, § 86.—
• II In partic., a holding fast to money, niggardliness, parsimony, Liv. 34, 7, 4.

tenācitās, ātis, f. (tenax), das Festhalten, I) im allg.: unguium tenacitate arripiunt, ergreifen es mit ihren festhaltenden Krallen, Cic. de nat. deor. 2, 122: so auch Plin. 9, 86. – II) übtr.: a) übh.: memoriae ten., die Treue des G., Hieron. epist. 10, 2. Chalcid. Tim. 132 u. 252. – b) die Karaheit, das filzige Wesen, Liv. 34, 7, 4.

tenacitas [CL] 1 fastness, tightness (of attachment, grip, or that which grips or is attached). b cohesiveness, ability to retain form or resist breakage, toughness. rubiginosae forcipis ac forficis ~as Aldh. VirgP 9; glutinosa cementi ~as quae lapides invicem astringens ab imposito sibi onere separari non sinat Anselm Misc. 314; ipsa tanta ~ate Dei preceptis per legem inherebat Eadmer Virt. 580D; funium ‥ triplicium ‥ ~ate se vix retinuerunt Gir. TH III 26; in oliva est folium in quo tria consideremus, sc. viriditatem, canitiem, et ~atem ‥ arbor enim sicca folia non tenet (Ric. Cornw. Serm.) Études de philosophie médiévale XV (Paris, 1931) 365.  b fabrum ‥ qui vitrea vasa faceret ~atis tante ut non magis quam aurea vel argentea frangerentur J. Sal. Pol. 521B. 2 retentiveness, ability or tendency to keep or hold. b tight-fistedness, meanness, parsimony. bonos actus spiritualium potentiarum pervertunt, utpote ‥ rationis discretionem, memorie ~atem Bern. Comm. Aen. 112.  b ille avaritia, tu vero elemosyna; ille ~ate, tu largitate Alch. Ep. 299; a fronte urget voluptas et a tergo retorquet ~as W. Malm. Mir. Mariae 216; partem ‥ de ampla possessione ‥ requirebat sed eorum ~itate nimium perdurante nil impetrabat Ord. Vit. VIII 18 p. 378; cum sit avaricie manus altera ~as Map NC I 25 f. 18; ~atem de ipsius largitate constringendo ‥ preparat R. Cold. Cuthb. 106. 3 tenacity, persistence. b obstinacy, stubbornness. in quo ‥ impulsu nulla intelligitur violentiae necessitas, sed acceptae bonae voluntatis spontanea et amata ~as Anselm (CurD I 10) II 65; ut tale damnum et tam diuturnum, et per infamie ~atem quasi perpetuum, tantillo lucro et tam transitorio debeat unquam compensari Gir. Spec. III 13 p. 215.  b 1169 non quod ~atem aut inhumanitatem vestram accusem hec scribo J. Sal. Ep. 289 (292).

tĕnācĭtās, ātis, f. (tenax), ¶ 1 action de tenir (de retenir) solidement : Cic. Nat. 2, 122 ; Plin. 9, 86 ¶ 2 parcimonie, avarice : Liv. 34, 7, 4.

tenacitas , atis. f.
堅耿。固執。慳吝。

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tenācitās ātis, f

• tenax, a holding fast, tenacity: unguium.—A grasping at money, niggardliness, miserliness, L.