tenor
teneō (“to hold”) + -or (“abstract noun suffix”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈte.nor/, [ˈt̪ɛnɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈte.nor/, [ˈt̪ɛːnor]
Noun
tenor m (genitive tenōris); third declension
- a sustained, continuous course or movement, a continuity of events, conditions etc. or way of proceeding
- a 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)
- a tone (of sound or color); stress (of the voice)
- (Medieval Latin) a seisin
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | tenor | tenōrēs |
| Genitive | tenōris | tenōrum |
| Dative | tenōrī | tenōribus |
| Accusative | tenōrem | tenōrēs |
| Ablative | tenōre | tenōribus |
| Vocative | tenor | tenōrēs |