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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin tenācia.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /teˈna.t͡ʃa/
  • Rhymes: -atʃa
  • Hyphenation: te‧nà‧cia

Noun

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tenacia f (plural tenacie)

  1. tenacity
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Anagrams

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Latin

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From tenāx +‎ -ia.

Noun

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tenācia f (genitive tenāciae); first declension

  1. stubbornness, obstinacy, tenacy
Declension
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Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.

plural
nominative tenācia
genitive tenāciōrum
dative tenāciīs
accusative tenācia
ablative tenāciīs
vocative tenācia
Descendants
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  • English: tenacy
  • Italian: tenacia

Etymology 2

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Adjective

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tenācia

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of tenāx

References

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  • tenacia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • tenacia in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
  • tenacia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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