holding fast, griping, tenacious: forceps, V.: dente tenaci Ancora fundabat navīs, V.: lappa, O.—Holding fast, griping, sparing, niggardly, stingy, tenacious: pater: genus Quaesiti tenax, O.—Of things, holding fast, clinging: in tenaci gramine, i. e. matted, H.: cerae, sticky, V.: passu stare tenaci, O.: pondere tenacior (navis), L.: luctandum est cum tenacissimo sabulo, Cu.—Fig., holding fast, retentive, firm, steadfast, persistent, tenacious: fides, O.: propositi, H.: iustitiae, Iu.: ficti pravique