arcitenens

== Latin == === Alternative forms === arquitenēns === Etymology === arcus (“arch, bow”) +‎ tenēns (“holding”), present participle of teneō (“to hold”). Calque of Ancient Greek τοξοφόρος (toxophóros). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [arˈkɪ.tɛ.nẽːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [arˈt͡ʃiː.te.nens] === Adjective === arcitenēns (genitive arcitenentis); third-declension one-termination adjective (epithet of Apollo and Diana) carrying a bow, bow-bearing Synonym: arcifer ==== Declension ==== Third-declension one-termination adjective. === References === “arcitenens”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “arcitenens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press