tenacia

Borrowed from Latin tenācia.

• IPA^(key): /teˈna.t͡ʃa/
• Rhymes: -atʃa
• Hyphenation: te‧nà‧cia

tenacia f (plural tenacie)

1. tenacity

• tenace

• Caetani

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [tɛˈnaː.ki.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [t̪eˈnaː.t͡ʃi.a]

From tenāx +‎ -ia.

tenācia f (genitive tenāciae); first declension

1. stubbornness, obstinacy, tenacy

Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.

• → English: tenacy
• → Italian: tenacia

tenācia

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of tenāx

• tenacia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• tenacia in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
• “tenacia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press