tĕnus

ŏris, n.

root ten-; Gr. τείνω; v. teneo

I. a cord, snare, gin, springe: intendere tenus, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 6, 23; cf.: tenus est laqueus, dictus a tendiculā, Non. 6, 12: tenus est proprie extrema pars arcūs, Serv. Verg. A. 6, 62.

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Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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