Sed illud maximum: octo hominum miliatenebat Hannibal, non quos in acie cepisset, aut qui periculo mortis diffugissent, sed qui relicti in castris fuissent a Paulo et a Varrone consulibus.
Some light may be thrown on this by the case of the estate held by Godmund, an abbot's brother: Totam terram quam tenebat Gudmundus in dominio, id est Nectuna, sic tenebat T.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "tenebat" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
