[ˈtɛ.nɔr], [ˈtɛː.nor]
OrigoFrom teneō (“to hold”) + -or (“abstract noun suffix”).
- declension-3, masculinea sustained, continuous course or movement, a continuity of events, conditions etc. or way of proceeding
- declension-3, masculinea line of reasoning, point, gist of an utterance in so far as it decides legal questions whether individually or generally, a provision (either its wording or its meaning)
- declension-3, masculinea tone (of sound or color); stress (of the voice)
- Medieval-Latin, declension-3, masculinea seisin
Formaetenōris(genitive) · tenor(nominative, singular) · tenōrēs(nominative, plural) · tenōris(genitive, singular) · tenōrum(genitive, plural) · tenōrī(dative, singular) · tenōribus(dative, plural) · tenōrem(accusative, singular) · tenōrēs(accusative, plural) · tenōre(ablative, singular) · tenōribus(ablative, plural) · tenor(singular, vocative) · tenōrēs(plural, vocative) · tonor(alternative, Old-Latin)
Fons: Vicitionarium