tenebatur

tenebatur is a Latin form of teneo, meaning “hold, keep; understand”. It is the 3rd person singular imperfect passive indicative.

Found 54 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 7.36.6: sed is locus praesidio ab his non nimis firmo tenebatur;

All forms of teneo (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.