teneo: all forms
teneo means “hold, keep; understand”. Below is its full conjugation in Latin.
Present active
Present active | Indicative | Subjunctive | Imperative |
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| 1st singular | teneo | teneam | |
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| 2nd singular | tenes | teneas | tene |
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| 3rd singular | tenet | teneat | |
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| 1st plural | tenemus | teneamus | |
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| 2nd plural | tenetis | teneatis | tenete |
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| 3rd plural | tenent | teneant | |
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Present passive
Present passive | Indicative | Subjunctive | Imperative |
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| 1st singular | teneor | tenear | |
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| 2nd singular | teneris · tenere | tenearis | tenere |
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| 3rd singular | tenetur | teneatur | |
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| 1st plural | tenemur | teneamur | |
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| 2nd plural | tenemini | teneamini | tenemini |
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| 3rd plural | tenentur | teneantur | |
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Imperfect active
Imperfect active | Indicative | Subjunctive |
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| 1st singular | tenebam | tenerem |
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| 2nd singular | tenebas | teneres |
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| 3rd singular | tenebat | teneret |
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| 1st plural | tenebamus | teneremus |
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| 2nd plural | tenebatis | teneretis |
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| 3rd plural | tenebant | tenerent |
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Imperfect passive
Imperfect passive | Indicative | Subjunctive |
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| 1st singular | tenebar | tenerer |
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| 2nd singular | tenebare · tenebaris | tenerere · tenereris |
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| 3rd singular | tenebatur | teneretur |
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| 1st plural | tenebamur | teneremur |
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| 2nd plural | tenebamini | teneremini |
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| 3rd plural | tenebantur | tenerentur |
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Future active
Future active | Indicative | Imperative |
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| 1st singular | tenebo | |
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| 2nd singular | tenebis | teneto |
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| 3rd singular | tenebit | teneto |
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| 1st plural | tenebimus | |
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| 2nd plural | tenebitis | tenetote |
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| 3rd plural | tenebunt | tenento |
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Future passive
Future passive | Indicative | Imperative |
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| 1st singular | tenebor | |
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| 2nd singular | tenebere · teneberis | tenetor |
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| 3rd singular | tenebitur | tenetor |
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| 1st plural | tenebimur | |
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| 2nd plural | tenebimini | |
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| 3rd plural | tenebuntur | tenentor |
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Perfect active
Perfect active | Indicative | Subjunctive |
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| 1st singular | tenui | tenuerim |
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| 2nd singular | tenuisti | tenueris |
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| 3rd singular | tenuit | tenuerit |
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| 1st plural | tenuimus | tenuerimus |
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| 2nd plural | tenuistis | tenueritis |
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| 3rd plural | tenuere · tenuerunt | tenuerint |
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Pluperfect active
Pluperfect active | Indicative | Subjunctive |
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| 1st singular | tenueram | tenuissem |
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| 2nd singular | tenueras | tenuisses |
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| 3rd singular | tenuerat | tenuisset |
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| 1st plural | tenueramus | tenuissemus |
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| 2nd plural | tenueratis | tenuissetis |
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| 3rd plural | tenuerant | tenuissent |
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Future perfect active
Future perfect active | Indicative |
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| 1st singular | tenuero |
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| 2nd singular | tenueris |
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| 3rd singular | tenuerit |
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| 1st plural | tenuerimus |
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| 2nd plural | tenueritis |
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| 3rd plural | tenuerint |
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Infinitives
Infinitives | Active | Passive |
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| Present | tenere | teneri |
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| Perfect | tenuisse | |
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Participles
Present active participle, singular | Neuter | Forms |
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| Nominative | | tenens |
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| Genitive | | tenentis |
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| Dative | | tenenti |
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| Accusative | tenens | tenentem |
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| Ablative | | tenente · tenenti |
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| Vocative | | tenens |
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Present active participle, plural | Neuter | Forms |
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| Nominative | tenentia | tenentes |
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| Genitive | | tenentium |
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| Dative | | tenentibus |
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| Accusative | tenentia | tenentes |
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| Ablative | | tenentibus |
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| Vocative | tenentia | tenentes |
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Future active participle, singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Forms |
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| Nominative | tenturus | tentura | tenturum | |
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| Genitive | tenturi | tenturae | tenturi | |
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| Dative | tenturo | tenturae | tenturo | |
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| Accusative | tenturum | tenturam | tenturum | |
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| Ablative | tenturo | tentura | tenturo | |
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| Vocative | tenture | tentura | tenturum | |
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Future active participle, plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Forms |
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| Nominative | tenturi | tenturae | tentura | |
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| Genitive | tenturorum | tenturarum | tenturorum | |
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| Dative | | | | tenturis |
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| Accusative | tenturos | tenturas | tentura | |
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| Ablative | | | | tenturis |
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| Vocative | tenturi | tenturae | tentura | |
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Perfect passive participle, singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Forms |
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| Nominative | tentus | tenta | tentum | |
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| Genitive | tenti | tentae | tenti | |
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| Dative | tento | tentae | tento | |
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| Accusative | tentum | tentam | tentum | |
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| Ablative | tento | tenta | tento | |
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| Vocative | tente | tenta | tentum | |
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Perfect passive participle, plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Forms |
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| Nominative | tenti | tentae | tenta | |
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| Genitive | tentorum | tentarum | tentorum | |
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| Dative | | | | tentis |
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| Accusative | tentos | tentas | tenta | |
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| Ablative | | | | tentis |
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| Vocative | tenti | tentae | tenta | |
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Gerund, gerundive and supine
Gerundive, singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Forms |
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| Nominative | tenendus | tenenda | tenendum | |
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| Genitive | tenendi | tenendae | tenendi | |
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| Dative | tenendo | tenendae | tenendo | |
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| Accusative | tenendum | tenendam | tenendum | |
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| Ablative | tenendo | tenenda | tenendo | |
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| Vocative | tenende | tenenda | tenendum | |
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Gerundive, plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Forms |
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| Nominative | tenendi | tenendae | tenenda | |
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| Genitive | tenendorum | tenendarum | tenendorum | |
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| Dative | | | | tenendis |
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| Accusative | tenendos | tenendas | tenenda | |
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| Ablative | | | | tenendis |
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| Vocative | tenendi | tenendae | tenenda | |
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Supine | Forms |
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| Accusative | tentum |
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| Ablative | tentu |
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Meaning and examples of teneo
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.