tĕnācĭtas
ātis, f.
I.
a holding fast, tenacity (very rare). *
I.
In gen.: (animalia) cibum partim unguium tenacitate arripiunt, Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 122; Plin. 9, 29, 46, § 86.—
II.
In partic., a holding fast to money, niggardliness, parsimony, Liv. 34, 7, 4.