tenacious
tenacious
adj.
Sticky: P. γλισχός.
Importunate: P. and V. λῑπᾰρής.
Mindful: P. and V. μνήμων.
Be tenacious of, cling to: P. and V. ἔχεσθαι (gen.), ἀντέχεσθαι (gen.), P. γλίχεσθαι (gen.).
Obstinate: P. and V. αὐθά̄δης ; see obstinate.
Having a tenacious memory: Ar. and P. μνημονῐκός, P. and V. μνήμων.
adj.
Sticky: P. γλισχός.
Importunate: P. and V. λῑπᾰρής.
Mindful: P. and V. μνήμων.
Be tenacious of, cling to: P. and V. ἔχεσθαι (gen.), ἀντέχεσθαι (gen.), P. γλίχεσθαι (gen.).
Obstinate: P. and V. αὐθά̄δης ; see obstinate.
Having a tenacious memory: Ar. and P. μνημονῐκός, P. and V. μνήμων.
TENACIOUS
tenax (PROP. and figuratively). Vid: also FIRM.
tenax (PROP. and figuratively). Vid: also FIRM.
tenacious:
1. tĕnax, ācis: the t. pincers, t. forceps, Virg. Aen. 12, 404: dirty places t. with thick mud, loca limosa t. gravi coeno, Tac. A. 1, 63: a t. morass, t. vorago, Catul. 17, 26: t. wax, t. cerae, Virg. G. 4, 161. Fig.: a man t. of his purpose, t. propositi vir, Hor. Od. 3, 3, 1: t. of falsehood and evil, ficti pravique t., Virg. Aen. 4, 188: a memory most t. for doing good, memoria beneficiendi tenacissima, Plin. Ep. 10, 7.
2. pertĭnax, ācis (very t.): is his father t.? ay, very t., tenaxne pater ejus est? immo p., Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 39: a finger that pretends to be t., digitus male p., Hor. Od. 1, 9, 24: v.PERTINACIOUS .
3. rĕtĭnens, ntis (observant of: constr. with gen.): a man t. of his own rights and dignities, homo sui juris dignitatisque r., Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 3, 11: t. of his ancestral nobility, avitae nobilitatis r., Tac. A. 2, 38, ad fin.
4. firmus (steadfast): a man t. of his purpose, vir proposito f., Vell. 2, 63, 3: a man most t. of the cause he has undertaken, vir in suscepta causa firmissimus, Cic. Mil. 33, 91.
5. lentus (pliant, adhesive): glue, more tenacious than birdlime or pitch, gluten visco et pice lentius, Virg. G. 4, 41: t. chains, l. vincula, Pl. Men. 1, 1, 18: v.CLINGING .
1. tĕnax, ācis: the t. pincers, t. forceps, Virg. Aen. 12, 404: dirty places t. with thick mud, loca limosa t. gravi coeno, Tac. A. 1, 63: a t. morass, t. vorago, Catul. 17, 26: t. wax, t. cerae, Virg. G. 4, 161. Fig.: a man t. of his purpose, t. propositi vir, Hor. Od. 3, 3, 1: t. of falsehood and evil, ficti pravique t., Virg. Aen. 4, 188: a memory most t. for doing good, memoria beneficiendi tenacissima, Plin. Ep. 10, 7.
2. pertĭnax, ācis (very t.): is his father t.? ay, very t., tenaxne pater ejus est? immo p., Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 39: a finger that pretends to be t., digitus male p., Hor. Od. 1, 9, 24: v.
3. rĕtĭnens, ntis (observant of: constr. with gen.): a man t. of his own rights and dignities, homo sui juris dignitatisque r., Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 3, 11: t. of his ancestral nobility, avitae nobilitatis r., Tac. A. 2, 38, ad fin.
4. firmus (steadfast): a man t. of his purpose, vir proposito f., Vell. 2, 63, 3: a man most t. of the cause he has undertaken, vir in suscepta causa firmissimus, Cic. Mil. 33, 91.
5. lentus (pliant, adhesive): glue, more tenacious than birdlime or pitch, gluten visco et pice lentius, Virg. G. 4, 41: t. chains, l. vincula, Pl. Men. 1, 1, 18: v.