teneo.
to hold, have; to grasp
Meaning & usage
to hold, have; to grasp
to possess, occupy, control
to watch, guard, maintain, defend; to retain, keep
to reach, attain; to gain, acquire, obtain
to hold fast or back, restrain, detain, check, confine, control; to bind, fetter
to keep back, remain, stay, hold position
to know, grasp, understand, conceive
to recollect, retain knowledge of, remember, bear in mind
to insist, uphold
to be binding on; to bind, hold, obligate
to arrive at a place, reach
to set, fix, hold on a fixed position
to hold in prison
to comprise, contain, include, hold
to hold someone's interest, to be interesting (to someone)
Hic liber me tenet.
to embrace, hug
to hold on, last
Where this word comes from
From Proto-Italic *tenēō, stative from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch, draw”). See also Ancient Greek τείνω (teínō), Persian تنیدن (tanidan, “to weave”), Sanskrit तनोति (tanóti) and Old English þennan.
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