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[[purport]]: [[prose|P.]] [[προαίρεσις]], ἡ.

[[course of life]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[βίος]], ὁ.

[[drift]]: [[prose|P.]] [[φορά]], ἡ.

[[meaning]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[δύναμις]], ἡ, [[prose|P.]] [[διάνοια]], ἡ, [[βούλησις]], ἡ.

[[keeping as near as possible to the general tenor of the words actually spoken]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ἐχόμενος ὅτι ἐγγύτατα τῆς συμπάσης γνώμης τῶν ἀληθῶς λεχθέντων]] ([[Thucydides|Thuc.]] 1, 22).
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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=tenor tenoris N M :: [[course]], [[tenor]]; [[sustained and even course of movement]]
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>tĕnor</b>: ōris, m. [[teneo]], II. B.,<br /><b>I</b> a holding on, holding [[fast]]; [[hence]], an [[uninterrupted]] [[course]], [[career]], [[tenor]] ([[mostly]] [[post]]-Aug.; cf.: [[cursus]], [[ordo]]).<br /><b>I</b> In gen.: [[hasta]] fugit servatque cruenta tenorem, keeps its [[course]], Verg. A. 10, 340: (aulaea) [[placido]] educta tenore Tota [[patent]], by a [[steady]] [[motion]], Ov. M. 3, 113: hic [[tibi]] versandus [[tenor]] est, id. A. A. 2, 729: interrumpere tenorem rerum, Liv. 41, 15, 7: pugnae, id. 8, 38, 11: tenorem pugnae servabant, id. 30, 18: [[tenor]] vitae, Ov. H. 17, 14; Liv. 40, 12, 7: fati, Ov. H. 7, 112: eundem tenorem servare, Col. Arb. 2, 2: [[unus]] [[tenor]] algoris aestūsve, Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 27: [[eodem]] tenore duo insequentes [[consulatus]] gessi, Liv. 7, 40, 9; cf.: [[eodem]] consiliorum tenore, id. 22, 15, 1: uno et [[perpetuo]] tenore juris [[semper]] usurpato, [[numquam]] intermisso, id. 35, 16; austeritatis (in smaragdis), Plin. 37, 5, 18, § 67: tenorem in narrationibus [[servant]], [[connection]], Quint. 10, 7, 6: cum [[quantum]], quale interrogantes gravi, comparantes acuto tenore concludunt, i. e. [[tone]], [[accent]], id. 1, 5, 26; cf. in plur.: [[adhuc]] difficilior [[observatio]] est per tenores vel [[accentus]], id. 1, 5, 22; cf. § 26: vel heroos gressu truncare tenores, i. e. [[mingle]] pentameters [[with]] [[heroic]] verses, Stat. S. 5, 3, 99.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Adverb.: uno tenore, in one [[course]] or [[direction]], [[uninterruptedly]], [[uniformly]]: isque ([[stilus]] [[medius]]) uno tenore, ut aiunt, in dicendo fluit, * Cic. Or. 6, 21: [[brevis]] [[profecto]] res est, si uno tenore peragitur, Liv. 5, 5, 7: uno tenore fidem colere, id. 22, 37, 10: tenore uno in mediam aciem illati, id. 22, 47, 6; cf.: hi [[mores]] eaque [[caritas]] patriae per omnes ordines [[velut]] tenore uno pertinebat, id. 23, 49, 3: so, uno [[velut]] tenore, id. 2, 42, 8.—<br /><b>II</b> In partic., in the [[later]] jurid. lang., the [[connection]], contents, [[sense]], [[tenor]] of a [[law]]: pro tenore legis Aquiliae, Dig. 9, 2, 56: pro tenore S C Claudiani, Paul. Sent. 2, 21, 18: auctorum verba emendare tenore sententiae perseverante, non est prohibitum, Dig. 42, 1, 46.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>tĕnŏr</b>,¹¹ ōris, m. ([[teneo]]),<br /><b>1</b> cours [[non]] interrompu, marche [[continue]] : retinere [[rectum]] tenorem Sen. Ep. 83, 27, continuer à marcher droit ; [[hasta]] servat tenorem Virg. En. 10, 340, le trait [[continue]] sa route, cf. Ov. M. 3, 113<br /><b>2</b> [fig.] suite [[non]] interrompue, continuité : tenorem pugnæ servare Liv. 30, 18, 12, continuer le combat ; interrumpere rerum tenorem Liv. 41, 15, 7, interrompre la suite d’une entreprise ; [[eodem]] tenore Liv. 7, 40, 9, avec la même continuité de vues, dans le même esprit ; [[obstinatus]] tenore [[eodem]] consiliorum Liv. 22, 15, 1, poursuivant opiniâtrement son plan de campagne<br /><b>3</b> accent de la voix, ton : Quint. 1, 5, 26 ; pl., 1, 5, 22<br /><b>4</b> [droit] teneur, disposition [d’une loi] : Dig. 9, 2, 56<br /><b>5</b> [expression] [[uno]] tenore Cic. Or. 21, d’un même cours, d’une façon uniforme, d’une manière égale, cf. Liv. 23, 49, 3 &#124;&#124; sans interruption : Liv. 7, 5, 5.
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{{Georges
|georg=tenor, ōris, m. ([[teneo]]), der ununterbrochene [[Lauf]], I) eig.: et peragit soliti [[vena]] tenoris [[iter]], Ov.: [[hasta]] servat tenorem, fliegt in einem [[fort]], Verg.: [[alium]] habuisse tenorem, Verg.: ([[aulaea]]) [[placido]] educta tenore tota patent, im ununterbrochenen Zuge, Ov. – II) übtr.: 1) der ununterbrochene [[Fortgang]], die [[Fortdauer]], der [[Verlauf]], [[Lauf]], [[Faden]], pugnae [[idem]] [[tenor]], Liv. (u. so ordines et tenorem pugnae servabant, [[sie]] kämpften in Reih' und [[Glied]] [[ununterbrochen]] [[fort]], Liv.): praeturae [[tenor]] et [[silentium]], der stille [[Verlauf]] der Pr., Tac.: [[longus]] [[tenor]] felicitatis, [[ein]] langes, ununterbrochenes [[Glück]], Liv. fr.: fati, Ov.: vitae, Liv. u. Ov.: rerum, Liv.: sinceram [[eius]] fidem aequali tenore fuisse, [[sei]] [[sich]] [[gleich]] geblieben, Liv.: tenorem in narrationibus servare, den [[Faden]] [[festhalten]], Quint.: a [[recto]] tenore desciscere, die [[gerade]] [[Richtung]] [[verlieren]], Val. Max.: [[inceptum]] peragit [[Fortuna]] tenorem, Ov.: [[hic]] [[tenor]], [[haec]] [[concordia]], Ov.: [[hic]] [[tibi]] servandus [[tenor]] est, [[Gleichheit]], Ov.: [[uno]] et [[perpetuo]] tenore iuris usurpato, Liv.: [[eodem]] tenore (in gleichem Geiste, Sinne) [[duo]] insequentes [[consulatus]] [[gessi]], Liv.: in [[Cicerone]] vestro [[unus]] eloquentiae [[tenor]] est, Macr. – [[uno]] tenore adv. = in einem Zuge, in [[einer]] [[Reihe]], an einem [[Faden]], [[ununterbrochen]], in einem [[fort]], Cic. u. Liv.: [[velut]] [[uno]] tenore, Liv. (s. Wölfflin Liv. [[Kritik]] s. [[26)]]. – 2) insbes.: a) der Zu sammenhang, [[Sinn]], [[Inhalt]], [[legis]], sententiae, ICt. – b) der [[Ton]] [[einer]] [[Silbe]], Quint. 1, 5, 26. – c) die Stimmhöhe, syllabae altitudinem habent in tenore, Prisc. 1, 4.
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{{LaZh
|lnztxt=tenor, oris. m. :: 中等聲。聲。次序。— legis 律例所命。
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