"tenuis" meaning in Latin

See tenuis in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈte.nu.is/ [Classical-Latin], [ˈt̪ɛnuɪs̠] [Classical-Latin], /ˈte.nu.is/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈt̪ɛːnuis] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), /ˈten.u̯is/, [ˈt̪ɛnu̯ɪs̠], /ˈten.vis/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈt̪ɛɱvis] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ténh₂us (“thin”). Original u-stem adjectives are regularly extended into i-stem ones in Latin, compare gravis, brevis, dulcis, etc. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|la|ine-pro|*ténh₂us||thin|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Proto-Indo-European *ténh₂us (“thin”), {{inh+|la|ine-pro|*ténh₂us|t=thin}} Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ténh₂us (“thin”) Head templates: {{la-adj|tenuis|adv=tenuiter|comp=tenuior|sup=tenuissimus}} tenuis (neuter tenue, comparative tenuior, superlative tenuissimus, adverb tenuiter); third-declension two-termination adjective Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|tenuis}} Forms: tenue [neuter], tenuior [comparative], tenuissimus [superlative], tenuiter [adverb], no-table-tags [table-tags], tenuis [feminine, masculine, nominative, singular], tenue [neuter, nominative, singular], tenuēs [feminine, masculine, nominative, plural], tenuia [neuter, nominative, plural], tenuis [feminine, genitive, masculine, neuter, singular], tenuium [feminine, genitive, masculine, neuter, plural], tenuī [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, singular], tenuibus [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], tenuem [accusative, feminine, masculine, singular], tenue [accusative, neuter, singular], tenuēs [accusative, feminine, masculine, plural], tenuīs [accusative, feminine, masculine, plural], tenuia [accusative, neuter, plural], tenuī [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, singular], tenuibus [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], tenuis [feminine, masculine, singular, vocative], tenue [neuter, singular, vocative], tenuēs [feminine, masculine, plural, vocative], tenuia [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. thin, fine, slender Tags: declension-3, two-termination
    Sense id: en-tenuis-la-adj-ijFD4yW1 Categories (other): Latin third declension adjectives of two terminations Disambiguation of Latin third declension adjectives of two terminations: 10 27 30 23 10
  2. weak, feeble, tenuous Tags: declension-3, two-termination Synonyms: dēbilis, languidus, aeger, frāctus, fessus, īnfirmus, mollis, obnoxius, inops
    Sense id: en-tenuis-la-adj-JX7GNtB4 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin third declension adjectives of two terminations Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 5 36 36 18 5 Disambiguation of Latin third declension adjectives of two terminations: 10 27 30 23 10
  3. slight, trifling Tags: declension-3, two-termination
    Sense id: en-tenuis-la-adj-d1wT7bM4 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin third declension adjectives of two terminations Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 5 36 36 18 5 Disambiguation of Latin third declension adjectives of two terminations: 10 27 30 23 10
  4. delicate, subtle, watery Tags: declension-3, two-termination
    Sense id: en-tenuis-la-adj-rqO41Kg~ Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin third declension adjectives of two terminations Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 5 36 36 18 5 Disambiguation of Latin third declension adjectives of two terminations: 10 27 30 23 10
  5. (transferred sense) phantom Tags: declension-3, two-termination
    Sense id: en-tenuis-la-adj-O7aN5g9W Categories (other): Latin third declension adjectives of two terminations Disambiguation of Latin third declension adjectives of two terminations: 10 27 30 23 10
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: tenue, tenuistīpitātus [Medieval-Latin], tenuitās, tenuiter, tenuō Related terms: tener

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tenue"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Medieval-Latin"
      ],
      "word": "tenuistīpitātus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tenuitās"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tenuiter"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tenuō"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
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          "expansion": "Catalan: tènue",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: tènue"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
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          },
          "expansion": "French: ténu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: ténu"
    },
    {
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "tenue"
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          "expansion": "Italian: tenue",
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      "text": "Italian: tenue"
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    {
      "depth": 1,
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          "expansion": "Sicilian: tènui",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: tènui"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "tenue"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: tenue",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: tenue"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "wa",
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          },
          "expansion": "Walloon: tene",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Walloon: tene"
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        {
          "args": {
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            "2": "tenuis",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: tenuis",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "tenuious",
            "bor": "1",
            "der": "1",
            "nolb": "1"
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          "expansion": "→⇒ tenuious",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: tenuis; →⇒ tenuious, tenuous"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
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            "2": "tenuis",
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          "expansion": "→ English: tenuis",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: tenuis"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Tenuis",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Tenuis",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Tenuis"
    },
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          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "ténue",
            "alts": "1",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: ténue, tênue (Brazil)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: ténue, tênue (Brazil)"
    }
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        "4": "",
        "5": "thin",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
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        "ts": ""
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      "form": "tenue",
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        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tenuior",
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        "comparative"
      ]
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        "masculine",
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        "plural"
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      "form": "tenuia",
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        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "tenuis",
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    },
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      "form": "tenuium",
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        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tenuī",
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      "tags": [
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        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tenuibus",
      "source": "declension",
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        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tenuem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tenue",
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      "form": "tenuēs",
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      "form": "tenuīs",
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        "masculine",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "tenuia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "tenuī",
      "source": "declension",
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        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "tenuibus",
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        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tenuis",
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        "vocative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "tenue",
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      "form": "tenuēs",
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      "tags": [
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        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tenuia",
      "source": "declension",
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        "vocative"
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  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
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    }
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        "thin, fine, slender"
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      "tags": [
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        {
          "word": "praevalēns"
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        {
          "word": "fortis"
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        {
          "word": "potis"
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        {
          "word": "potēns"
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        {
          "word": "validus"
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          "word": "strēnuus"
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          "word": "compos"
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        {
          "word": "dēbilis"
        },
        {
          "word": "languidus"
        },
        {
          "word": "aeger"
        },
        {
          "word": "frāctus"
        },
        {
          "word": "fessus"
        },
        {
          "word": "īnfirmus"
        },
        {
          "word": "mollis"
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        {
          "word": "obnoxius"
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          "word": "inops"
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        {
          "ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 2.565–566",
          "text": "nunc animae tenuēs et corpora fūncta sepulcrīs errant\nNow phantom spirits wander abroad, and bodies that have been committed to the tombs\n1851. The Fasti &c of Ovid. Trans. Henry T. Riley. London: H. G. Bohn. pg. 71-72."
        },
        {
          "ref": "[1902, George Hempl, “The Duenos Inscription”, in Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association, volume 33 (in English), Boston: Ginn & Company, page 163:",
          "text": "The mānēs were the ‘rare ones’ or the ‘thin ones,’ the ‘spirits’ or ‘shades’ of the dead, otherwise known as animae tenuēs and umbrae tenuēs.",
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈte.nu.is/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt̪ɛnuɪs̠]",
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        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈte.nu.is/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt̪ɛːnuis]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈten.u̯is/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt̪ɛnu̯ɪs̠]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈten.vis/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt̪ɛɱvis]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tenuis"
}
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      "word": "tenue"
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      ],
      "word": "tenuistīpitātus"
    },
    {
      "word": "tenuitās"
    },
    {
      "word": "tenuiter"
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      "word": "tenuō"
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            "2": "tene"
          },
          "expansion": "Walloon: tene",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Walloon: tene"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "tenuis",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: tenuis",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "tenuious",
            "bor": "1",
            "der": "1",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→⇒ tenuious",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: tenuis; →⇒ tenuious, tenuous"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "tenuis",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: tenuis",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: tenuis"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Tenuis",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Tenuis",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Tenuis"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "ténue",
            "alts": "1",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: ténue, tênue (Brazil)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: ténue, tênue (Brazil)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ténh₂us",
        "4": "",
        "5": "thin",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ténh₂us (“thin”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ténh₂us",
        "t": "thin"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ténh₂us (“thin”)",
      "name": "inh+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ténh₂us (“thin”). Original u-stem adjectives are regularly extended into i-stem ones in Latin, compare gravis, brevis, dulcis, etc.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tenue",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tenuior",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tenuissimus",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tenuiter",
      "tags": [
        "adverb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tenuis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tenue",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tenuēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tenuia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tenuis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tenuium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tenuī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tenuibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tenuem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tenue",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tenuēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tenuīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tenuia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tenuī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tenuibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tenuis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tenue",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tenuēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tenuia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tenuis",
        "adv": "tenuiter",
        "comp": "tenuior",
        "sup": "tenuissimus"
      },
      "expansion": "tenuis (neuter tenue, comparative tenuior, superlative tenuissimus, adverb tenuiter); third-declension two-termination adjective",
      "name": "la-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tenuis"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "tener"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "thin, fine, slender"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "thin",
          "thin"
        ],
        [
          "fine",
          "fine"
        ],
        [
          "slender",
          "slender"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "two-termination"
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "praevalēns"
        },
        {
          "word": "fortis"
        },
        {
          "word": "potis"
        },
        {
          "word": "potēns"
        },
        {
          "word": "validus"
        },
        {
          "word": "strēnuus"
        },
        {
          "word": "compos"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "weak, feeble, tenuous"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "weak",
          "weak"
        ],
        [
          "feeble",
          "feeble"
        ],
        [
          "tenuous",
          "tenuous"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "dēbilis"
        },
        {
          "word": "languidus"
        },
        {
          "word": "aeger"
        },
        {
          "word": "frāctus"
        },
        {
          "word": "fessus"
        },
        {
          "word": "īnfirmus"
        },
        {
          "word": "mollis"
        },
        {
          "word": "obnoxius"
        },
        {
          "word": "inops"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "two-termination"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "slight, trifling"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "slight",
          "slight"
        ],
        [
          "trifling",
          "trifling"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "two-termination"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "delicate, subtle, watery"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "delicate",
          "delicate"
        ],
        [
          "subtle",
          "subtle"
        ],
        [
          "watery",
          "watery"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "two-termination"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations",
        "Latin terms with transferred senses"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 2.565–566",
          "text": "nunc animae tenuēs et corpora fūncta sepulcrīs errant\nNow phantom spirits wander abroad, and bodies that have been committed to the tombs\n1851. The Fasti &c of Ovid. Trans. Henry T. Riley. London: H. G. Bohn. pg. 71-72."
        },
        {
          "ref": "[1902, George Hempl, “The Duenos Inscription”, in Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association, volume 33 (in English), Boston: Ginn & Company, page 163:",
          "text": "The mānēs were the ‘rare ones’ or the ‘thin ones,’ the ‘spirits’ or ‘shades’ of the dead, otherwise known as animae tenuēs and umbrae tenuēs.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "phantom"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "phantom",
          "phantom"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "transferred sense",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transferred sense) phantom"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "two-termination"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈte.nu.is/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt̪ɛnuɪs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈte.nu.is/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt̪ɛːnuis]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈten.u̯is/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt̪ɛnu̯ɪs̠]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈten.vis/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt̪ɛɱvis]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tenuis"
}

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