tĕnus, ŏris, n. [root ten-; Gr. τείνω; v. teneo], = τένος,
a cord , snare , gin , springe : intendere tenus, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 6, 23; cf.: tenus est laqueus, dictus a tendiculā, Non. 6, 12: tenus est proprie extrema pars arcūs, Serv. Verg. A. 6, 62.
tenus —, n 2 TA-, a stretched cord, noose (old).—Hence, acc absol ., with gen, to the end, as far...
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