sticks fast to

tĕnax, ācis, adj. [id.], holding fast, griping, tenacious.

Lit.

In gen. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

prensatque tenaci forcipe ferrum,

Verg. A. 12, 404; 8, 453; cf.:

dente tenaci Ancora fundabat naves,

id. ib. 6, 3:

vinclum,

id. G. 4, 412; Ov. M. 11, 252:

complexus,

id. ib. 4, 377:

lappa,

id. P. 2, 1, 14:

hedera arborem implicat,

Cat. 61, 34:

loca limosa tenacia gravi caeno,

Tac. A. 1, 63:

amplexus,

App. M. 9, p. 219, 17:

maltha, quae est res omnium tenacissima,

Plin. 36, 24, 58, § 181.— With gen.:

herba asperitate etiam vestium tenaci,

Plin. 27, 5, 15, § 32. — Comp.:

cutis tenacior capilli,

Plin. 22, 22, 39, § 82.—

Subst.: tĕnāces, ĭum, m., things that hold fast. i. e. bands, stalks, or pedicles of fruit, etc., Pall. Febr. 18, 1; 25, 9; id. Mart. 10, 4 and 9; id. Sept. 17.—

In partic., holding fast to wealth, power, etc., griping, sparing, niggardly, stingy, tenacious (class.;

syn. parcus): filius familias patre parco ac tenaci,

Cic. Cael. 15, 36: He. Tenaxne pater ejus est? Phi. Immo edepol pertinax, Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 39:

parcus, truculentus, tenax,

Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 12:

eosdem restrictos et tenaces fuisse,

Cic. Planc. 22, 54:

non tenax in largitate,

Spart. Car. 5.—With gen.:

genus Quaesiti tenax,

Ov. M. 7, 657.— Comp.:

milites tenaciores eorum (armorum) in proelio,

Suet. Caes. 67.—

Transf., of things, that holds or sticks fast: jacere in tenaci gramine, that clings together, i. e. matted, Hor. Epod. 2, 24.— Sup.:

glaebis tenacissimum solum,

Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 10:

cerae,

sticky, viscid, Verg. G. 4, 161:

turpe referre pedem nec passu stare tenaci,

Ov. P. 2, 6, 21.— Comp.:

pondere tenacior navis,

Liv. 28, 30, 11:

panicula glutino tenacior,

Plin. 16, 36, 64, § 158.—

Trop.

Holding fast, retentive, firm, steadfast, persistent, tenacious (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose); usually joined with gen.:

memoria tenacissima,

Quint. 1, 1, 19:

naturā tenacissimi sumus eorum, quae rudibus annis percepimus,

id. 1, 1, 5:

pertinacem ultra modum esse tenacem propositi,

id. 11, 1, 90; so,

propositi,

Hor. C. 3, 3, 1; Ov. M. 10, 405:

tenacem esse sui juris debet,

Col. 1, 7, 2:

disciplinae tenacissimus,

Plin. Ep. 10, 85 (17):

justitiae,

Juv. 8, 25:

ficti pravique (Fama),

Verg. A. 4, 188:

veri,

Pers. 5, 48:

amicitiarum,

Vell. 2, 29, 3:

exempli sui,

id. 2, 84, 3 Ruhnk.:

animi,

Manil. 4, 165:

longa tenaxque fides,

Ov. Am. 2, 6, 14.—

In a bad sense, stubborn, obstinate:

equus contra sua vincla tenax,

Ov. Am. 3, 4, 13; so,

equus,

Liv. 39, 25, 13;

and in a lusus verbb.: si esses equos, esses indomabilis... nimis tenax es,

Plaut. Cas. 4, 3, 13:

cum video, quam sint mea fata tenacia, frangor,

Ov. P. 1, 2, 63:

ira Caesaris,

id. ib. 1, 9, 28:

morbi,

Suet. Claud. 2.— Adv.: tĕnācĭter, closely, firmly, strongly, tightly, tenaciously.

Lit.:

pressisse tenaciter ungues,

Ov. H. 9, 21:

vincire,

Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 6.— Comp.:

apprehendere,

Val. Max. 7, 5, 2; Macr. S. 7, 3:

habitare,

Aug. Ep. 6.—

Trop., persistently, firmly:

urgere,

Ov. H. 3, 43.— Comp., Sol. 52, § 44; Amm. 25, 4, 4.— Sup., App. M. 5, p. 167, 22.

tĕnax, ācis, adj. [id.], holding fast, griping, tenacious.

Lit.

In gen. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

prensatque tenaci forcipe ferrum,

Verg. A. 12, 404; 8, 453; cf.:

dente tenaci Ancora fundabat naves,

id. ib. 6, 3:

vinclum,

id. G. 4, 412; Ov. M. 11, 252:

complexus,

id. ib. 4, 377:

lappa,

id. P. 2, 1, 14:

hedera arborem implicat,

Cat. 61, 34:

loca limosa tenacia gravi caeno,

Tac. A. 1, 63:

amplexus,

App. M. 9, p. 219, 17:

maltha, quae est res omnium tenacissima,

Plin. 36, 24, 58, § 181.— With gen.:

herba asperitate etiam vestium tenaci,

Plin. 27, 5, 15, § 32. — Comp.:

cutis tenacior capilli,

Plin. 22, 22, 39, § 82.—

Subst.: tĕnāces, ĭum, m., things that hold fast. i. e. bands, stalks, or pedicles of fruit, etc., Pall. Febr. 18, 1; 25, 9; id. Mart. 10, 4 and 9; id. Sept. 17.—

In partic., holding fast to wealth, power, etc., griping, sparing, niggardly, stingy, tenacious (class.;

syn. parcus): filius familias patre parco ac tenaci,

Cic. Cael. 15, 36: He. Tenaxne pater ejus est? Phi. Immo edepol pertinax, Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 39:

parcus, truculentus, tenax,

Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 12:

eosdem restrictos et tenaces fuisse,

Cic. Planc. 22, 54:

non tenax in largitate,

Spart. Car. 5.—With gen.:

genus Quaesiti tenax,

Ov. M. 7, 657.— Comp.:

milites tenaciores eorum (armorum) in proelio,

Suet. Caes. 67.—

Transf., of things, that holds or sticks fast: jacere in tenaci gramine, that clings together, i. e. matted, Hor. Epod. 2, 24.— Sup.:

glaebis tenacissimum solum,

Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 10:

cerae,

sticky, viscid, Verg. G. 4, 161:

turpe referre pedem nec passu stare tenaci,

Ov. P. 2, 6, 21.— Comp.:

pondere tenacior navis,

Liv. 28, 30, 11:

panicula glutino tenacior,

Plin. 16, 36, 64, § 158.—

Trop.

Holding fast, retentive, firm, steadfast, persistent, tenacious (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose); usually joined with gen.:

memoria tenacissima,

Quint. 1, 1, 19:

naturā tenacissimi sumus eorum, quae rudibus annis percepimus,

id. 1, 1, 5:

pertinacem ultra modum esse tenacem propositi,

id. 11, 1, 90; so,

propositi,

Hor. C. 3, 3, 1; Ov. M. 10, 405:

tenacem esse sui juris debet,

Col. 1, 7, 2:

disciplinae tenacissimus,

Plin. Ep. 10, 85 (17):

justitiae,

Juv. 8, 25:

ficti pravique (Fama),

Verg. A. 4, 188:

veri,

Pers. 5, 48:

amicitiarum,

Vell. 2, 29, 3:

exempli sui,

id. 2, 84, 3 Ruhnk.:

animi,

Manil. 4, 165:

longa tenaxque fides,

Ov. Am. 2, 6, 14.—

In a bad sense, stubborn, obstinate:

equus contra sua vincla tenax,

Ov. Am. 3, 4, 13; so,

equus,

Liv. 39, 25, 13;

and in a lusus verbb.: si esses equos, esses indomabilis... nimis tenax es,

Plaut. Cas. 4, 3, 13:

cum video, quam sint mea fata tenacia, frangor,

Ov. P. 1, 2, 63:

ira Caesaris,

id. ib. 1, 9, 28:

morbi,

Suet. Claud. 2.— Adv.: tĕnācĭter, closely, firmly, strongly, tightly, tenaciously.

Lit.:

pressisse tenaciter ungues,

Ov. H. 9, 21:

vincire,

Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 6.— Comp.:

apprehendere,

Val. Max. 7, 5, 2; Macr. S. 7, 3:

habitare,

Aug. Ep. 6.—

Trop., persistently, firmly:

urgere,

Ov. H. 3, 43.— Comp., Sol. 52, § 44; Amm. 25, 4, 4.— Sup., App. M. 5, p. 167, 22.

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ăd-haeresco, haesi, haesum, 3, v. inch. [adhaereo], to cleave or stick to, to adhere, lit. and trop. (in the trop. sense almost exclusively belonging to Cic.).

Lit., constr. with ad, in, and abl. or ubi:

tragula ad turrim,

Caes. B. G. 5, 46:

ne quid emineret, ubi ignis adhaeresceret,

id. B. C. 2, 9: tamquam in quodam incili, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 5: si potes in his locis adhaerescere, if you can stick (i. e. stay or sojourn) in such places, id. Att. 4, 4: in me omnia conjurationis nefaria tela adhaeserunt, Auct. Or. pro Dom. 24; cf. ib. 5;

ad quamcunque disciplinam, tamquam ad saxum, adhaerescunt,

Cic. Ac. 2, 3: argumentum ratio ipsa confirmat, quae simul atque emissa est, adhaerescit, sc. ad mentem, sticks fast to, is fastened upon the memory (the figure is derived from missiles), id. de Or. 2, 53.—With dat.: justitiae honestatique, to be attached or devoted to, Cic. Off. 1, 24.—And absol.:

oratio ita libere fluebat, ut numquam adhaeresceret,

never was at a stand, faltered, Cic. Brut. 79; cf. ib. 93 (v. haereo): adhaerescere ad columnam (sc. Maeniam); sarcastically, to remain fixed at the debtor's columns, i. e. to be punished as a fraudulent debtor, Cic. Sest. 8, 18; cf. Liv. 5, 47.—

Fig., to correspond to, to accord with, to fit to or suit:

si non omnia, quae praeponerentur a me ad omnium vestrūm studium, adhaerescerent,

Cic. de Or. 3, 10, 37.

in-fīgo, xi, xum, 3, v. a., to fix, thrust, drive, or fasten in.

Lit.:

gladium hosti in pectus,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 22, 50:

ferreis hamis infixis,

Caes. B. G. 7, 73 fin.:

hastam portae,

Verg. A. 9, 746:

signum,

Cic. Div. 2, 31:

(sagitta) infigitur arbore,

remains fixed, sticks fast, Verg. A. 5, 504:

vulnus infixum,

made by a thrust, id. ib. 4, 689:

infixa corpori extrahere,

things stuck in the body, Plin. 26, 12, 79, § 128; cf.:

infixum moenibus hostem deicere,

standing firmly on, Sil. 11, 173:

infixum educere telum,

Ov. M. 13, 393:

aliquem in limo,

Vulg. Psa. 68, 3.—

Trop., to infix, impress, imprint (esp. freq. in the part. perf.):

quod in hominum sensibus atque in ipsa natura positum atque infixum est,

Cic. Clu. 6, 17:

infigere animis res,

Quint. 9, 4, 134:

religio infixa animo,

Liv. 29, 18, 1:

quicquid infixum et ingenitum est,

Sen. Ep. 11:

quae sint inculcanda, infigenda, repetenda,

Plin. Ep. 1, 20:

infixus pectori dolor haeret,

id. ib.:

natis oscula,

Sil. 12, 738:

oscula dextris,

id. 12, 592; 8, 127: infixum est mihi, I have firmly resolved, I am determined:

Vologesi penitus infixum erat arma Romana vitandi,

Tac. A. 15, 5; so with inf.:

infixum est fugere,

Sil. 4, 332; 10, 643.

săl_bra, ae (orig. adj., sc. via), f. [salio], a jolting-place, roughness in a road.

Lit. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

demonstrant astra salebras,

Prop. 3, 16 (4, 15), 15; Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 53; Mart. 9, 58, 5:

salebris sollicitari,

Col. 9, 8, 3.—

Transf.:

senile guttur salebris spiritŭs praegravavit,

irregular breathing, panting, Val. Max. 9, 12, ext. 6.—

Trop.

Of speech, harshness, roughness, ruggedness (class.):

proclivi currit oratio: venit ad extremum: haeret in salebră,

i.e. it sticks fast, Cic. Fin. 5, 28, 84; plur.:

Herodotus sine ullis salebris fluit,

id. Or. 12, 39:

numquam in tantas salebras incidisset,

id. Fin. 2, 10, 30; Mart. 11, 90, 2.—

Salebra tristitiae, i. e. a cloud of sadness, Val. Max. 6, 9, ext. 5.