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teneri

teneri is a Latin form of teneo, meaning “hold, keep; understand”. It is the present passive infinitive.

Found 204 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 1.22.2: Considius equo admisso ad eum accurrit, dicit montem, quem a Labieno occupari voluerit, ab hostibus teneri: id se a Gallicis armis atque insignibus cognovisse.

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.