tenebrae, ārum, pl. f., darkness, gloom; a hiding place.

tenebricōsus [tenebrae], adj., dark, gloomy.

[teneō, ēre, uī, tentus], to hold, keep; possess; maintain, guard, defend; seize.

ab—abstineō, ēre, uī, tentus, to hold back or from; keep aloof from; refrain from, abstain.

con—contineō, ēre, uī, tentus, to keep, hold, contain; restrain, rule, curb.

dē—dētineō, ēre, uī, tentus, to hold back or off; detain, hinder.

ob—obtineō, ēre, uī, tentus, to hold, possess; rule, govern.

per—pertineō, ēre, uī, —, to stretch out, extend; reach.

re—retineō, ēre, uī, tentus, to keep or hold (back), retain, detain.

sub(s)—sustineō, ēre, uī, tentus, to hold up, support, sustain; bear, endure; hold in check, restrain.