tenaciter

tĕnācĭter, adv., v. tenax fin.

tenāciter, Adv. (tenax), I) festhaltend, fest, derb, premere, Ov.: vincire, Macr. – Compar., tenacius apprehendere, Val. Max., tenacius infigere, Macr. – Superl., quibus (vinculis) tenacissime tenebatur (bildl.). Augustin. conf. 9, 3, 5. – II) übtr., fest, zähe, beharrlich, miseros urgere, Ov. her. 3, 43. – Compar., psittacus dum in pullo est quae monstrata sunt et citius discit et retinet tenacius, Solin. 52, 44: quibus (cibis et somnis) domi forisque tenacius utebatur, Amm. 25, 4. § 4: tanto tenacius mediatori est inhaerendum, Augustin. de civ. dei 18, 18, 1. p. 278, 1 D.² – Superl., omni isto apparatu tenacissime dissimulato, Apul. met. 5, 20.

tenaciter [CL], with a strong hold, fast, tight, tightly, (also in transf. or fig. context) persistently; b (w. ref. to avarice or miserliness). c (w. ref. to memory, perception, or sim.) securely, in a lasting manner. abstinentie, castimonie, purificationi ~iter inherentes W. Malm. GP V 221; unguibus predam nostram teneamus atque ~iter amplexemur J. Ford Serm. 8. 2; set mea novit anchora / tenacius herere P. Blois Carm. 6. 1; s1393 vestimentum resina piceque linitum ut lini stuppa ‥ hereret ~ius ‥ Wals. HA II 212.  b avaritie est proprium ea que sunt retinenda nec retinenda ~iter observare W. Donc. Aph. Phil. 13. 4.  c multo recolunt ~ius quod ‥ quam quod ‥ Bede Luke 598B; quo ~ius saporem internae satietatis percipit eo terribilior exsistit eis Id. Cant. 1196D; 685 ut firmius ac tenatius hec donatio in perpetuum roboretur (Ch.) W. Malm. GP V 204; injuriarum memoria camelo ~iter residet J. Sal. Pol. 639B; ut hoc ~iter nostre memorie imprimatur Hon. Spec. Eccl. 1052B; si ‥ ea que dicta sunt memorie ~ius inheserint ‥ Ailr. An. I 24; quanto frequentius audiuntur, tanto melius intelliguntur et ~ius retinentur Ib. III 28.

tĕnācĭtĕr (15) (tenax), ¶ 1 en tenant solidement, fortement : Ov. H. 9, 21 ; Macr. Scip. 1, 6 ; tenacius Val. Max. 7, 5, 2 ¶ 2 opiniâtrement, obstinément : Ov. H. 3, 43 ; tenacissime Apul. M. 5, 20.

tenaciter . adv. c. s.
執然。牛性。緊然。

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tenāciter adv.

• tenax, firmly, tightly, tenaciously: pressisse angues, O.—Fig.: urgere, persistently, O.