tenus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

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.

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