(preposition) : tĕnusroot ten; v. teneo, perh. orig., an acc. of direction, and hence joined with
* Gen.; afterwards a with abl. (its supposed construction with the acc. rests upon a false reading in the passages, Ov. H. 12, 27; Val. Fl. 1, 537; Suet. Caes. 52, where the abl. is the true reading), prop. lengthwise, to the end; hence, as far as, up or down to, unto, to (placed after its case; mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; not in Caes.).
* In gen. ( α ) With gen. plur. (so not in the prose of Cicero): labrorum tenus,along the lips,Lucr. 1, 940; 4, 15: lumborum tenus,as far as the loins,Cic. Arat. 83 (324): crurum tenus,Verg. G. 3, 53: laterum tenus,id. A. 10, 210: per aquam ferme genūs tenus altam,Liv. 44, 40, 8: aurium tenus, * Quint. 12, 2, 17: illi rumores Cumarum tenus caluerunt, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1, 2: urbium Corcyrae tenus,Liv. 26, 24, 11.
* With abl. (so most freq. in prose and poetry): Tauro tenus,Cic. Deiot. 13, 36; Nep. Con. 2, 3: Arimino tenus,Suet. Aug. 30: Antio tenus,id. Tib. 38: Ostiā tenus,id. Ner. 16: Aethiopiā tenus,id. Caes. 52: erat pectoribus tenus,Liv. 21, 54, 9: inguinibus tenus,Cels. 1, 3: pube tenus,Verg. A. 3, 427: summo tenus ore,id. ib. 1, 737: collo tenus,Ov. M. 2, 275: pectoribus tenus,id. ib. 15, 512; 15, 673: poplite deinde tenus,id. ib. 5, 593: pennis tenus,id. ib. 6, 258: mediā tenus alvo,id. F. 2, 145: lateri capulo tenus abdidit ensem,Verg. A. 2, 553: poti faece tenus cadi,Hor. C. 3, 15, 16: tres regiones solo tenus dejectae,Tac. A. 15, 40 fin.: tectis tenus,id. ib. 13, 41: extollere caelo tenus,Just. 12, 6, 2.—Of time: Cantabrico tenus bello nec ultra,Suet. Aug. 85; cf.: volneribus tenus, of the fighting of gladiators,Liv. 41, 20, 12 et saep.—So the compounds, eātenus, hactenus, quātenus, quādantenus, v. h. vv.
* In partic.
* After, according to, by: tertium et quartum consulatum titulo tenus gessit,Suet. Caes. 76; so, titulo tenus,id. Claud. 25; id. Dom. 1, 31: facie tenus,i. e. for the sake of appearances,App. M. 10, p. 250, 9: specie tenus,Amm. 14, 7, 5: terrore tenus,id. 16, 8, 3.
* Verbo tenus, less freq. nomine tenus, as far as the meaning of the word extends, in name, nominally (very rare): veteres verbo tenus ... de re publicā disserebant,Cic. Leg. 3, 6, 14; Liv. 34, 5, 4: haec verba cum affectu accipimus, non verbo tenus,Dig. 2, 2, 1 med.: usurpatas nomine tenus urbium expugnationes dictitans,Tac. A. 15, 6 fin.

tĕnus (noun N) = τένος,: root ten-; Gr. τείνω; v. teneo
* 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.