"tenuis" meaning in Latin

See tenuis in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: tenue [singular, neuter, nominative], tenues [plural, masculine, nominative], tenues [plural, feminine, nominative], tenuia [plural, neuter, nominative], tenue [singular, neuter, vocative], tenues [plural, masculine, vocative], tenues [plural, feminine, vocative], tenuia [plural, neuter, vocative], tenuem [singular, masculine, accusative], tenuem [singular, feminine, accusative], tenue [singular, neuter, accusative], tenues [plural, masculine, accusative], tenues [plural, feminine, accusative], tenuia [plural, neuter, accusative], tenuium [plural, masculine, genitive], tenuium [plural, feminine, genitive], tenuium [plural, neuter, genitive], tenui [singular, masculine, dative], tenui [singular, feminine, dative], tenui [singular, neuter, dative], tenuibus [plural, masculine, dative], tenuibus [plural, feminine, dative], tenuibus [plural, neuter, dative], tenui [singular, masculine, ablative], tenui [singular, feminine, ablative], tenui [singular, neuter, ablative], tenuibus [plural, masculine, ablative], tenuibus [plural, feminine, ablative], tenuibus [plural, neuter, ablative]
  1. Ténu, mince, fin, léger, fluet, grêle, maigre, petit, exigu, étroit, chétif.
    Sense id: fr-tenuis-la-adj-T-rMBuh8 Categories (other): Exemples en latin
  2. Fin, délié, subtil, délicat, fragile.
    Sense id: fr-tenuis-la-adj-FyHo8wkr Categories (other): Wiktionnaire:Exemples manquants en latin
  3. Clair, limpide.
    Sense id: fr-tenuis-la-adj-hk7xQZdz Categories (other): Wiktionnaire:Exemples manquants en latin
  4. Simple, sans ornement, sans élévation, , peu élevé, peu profond.
    Sense id: fr-tenuis-la-adj-F1Hg08RV Categories (other): Exemples en latin
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: gracilis, exilis, macer
Categories (other): Adjectifs en latin, Lemmes en latin, Latin Derived forms: pertenuis, praetenuis, subtenuis, tenuabilis, tenuarius, tenuiarius, tenuatim, tenuatio, tenuescens, tenuiculus, tenuitas, tenuiter, tenuo, adtenuo, attenuo, adtenuatē, attenuatē, adtenuatio, attenuatio, adtenuatus, attenuatus, inattenuatus, extenuo, extenuatio, extenuatorius, extenuatus

Inflected forms

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      "translation": "très fin (sable) ; très faible",
      "word": "pertenuis"
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      "translation": "très fin, très mince, très délié",
      "word": "praetenuis"
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    {
      "translation": "assez fin",
      "word": "subtenuis"
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    {
      "translation": "qui amincit, qui diminue",
      "word": "tenuabilis"
    },
    {
      "word": "tenuarius"
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    {
      "translation": "en tissu fin",
      "word": "tenuiarius"
    },
    {
      "translation": "en se rétrécissant",
      "word": "tenuatim"
    },
    {
      "translation": "amaigrissement,consomption",
      "word": "tenuatio"
    },
    {
      "translation": "qui décroît",
      "word": "tenuescens"
    },
    {
      "translation": "tout à fait mince, chétif",
      "word": "tenuiculus"
    },
    {
      "translation": "qualité de ce qui est mince, grêle, fin ténu ; faiblesse, insignifiance, pauvreté ; finesse, subtilité",
      "word": "tenuitas"
    },
    {
      "translation": "avec finesse, subtilité ; d'une façon mince",
      "word": "tenuiter"
    },
    {
      "translation": "amincir, amenuiser, atténuer",
      "word": "tenuo"
    },
    {
      "word": "adtenuo"
    },
    {
      "translation": "amincir, amenuiser, atténuer",
      "word": "attenuo"
    },
    {
      "word": "adtenuatē"
    },
    {
      "translation": "d'une manière mince",
      "word": "attenuatē"
    },
    {
      "word": "adtenuatio"
    },
    {
      "translation": "amoindrissement, affaiblissement",
      "word": "attenuatio"
    },
    {
      "word": "adtenuatus"
    },
    {
      "translation": "amoindri, affaibli",
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    },
    {
      "translation": "non diminué",
      "word": "inattenuatus"
    },
    {
      "translation": "rendre mince ; atténuer ; exténuer",
      "word": "extenuo"
    },
    {
      "translation": "action de rendre mince, ténu, de diminuer",
      "word": "extenuatio"
    },
    {
      "translation": "propre à diminuer, à affaiblir",
      "word": "extenuatorius"
    },
    {
      "translation": "aminci, affaibli",
      "word": "extenuatus"
    }
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          "text": "tenuiores cum princibus aequare",
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        {
          "ref": "Live",
          "text": "tenui loco ortus",
          "translation": "d'humble condition, de naissance obscure."
        }
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    {
      "word": "exilis"
    },
    {
      "word": "macer"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tenuis"
}

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    {
      "translation": "très fin (sable) ; très faible",
      "word": "pertenuis"
    },
    {
      "translation": "très fin, très mince, très délié",
      "word": "praetenuis"
    },
    {
      "translation": "assez fin",
      "word": "subtenuis"
    },
    {
      "translation": "qui amincit, qui diminue",
      "word": "tenuabilis"
    },
    {
      "word": "tenuarius"
    },
    {
      "translation": "en tissu fin",
      "word": "tenuiarius"
    },
    {
      "translation": "en se rétrécissant",
      "word": "tenuatim"
    },
    {
      "translation": "amaigrissement,consomption",
      "word": "tenuatio"
    },
    {
      "translation": "qui décroît",
      "word": "tenuescens"
    },
    {
      "translation": "tout à fait mince, chétif",
      "word": "tenuiculus"
    },
    {
      "translation": "qualité de ce qui est mince, grêle, fin ténu ; faiblesse, insignifiance, pauvreté ; finesse, subtilité",
      "word": "tenuitas"
    },
    {
      "translation": "avec finesse, subtilité ; d'une façon mince",
      "word": "tenuiter"
    },
    {
      "translation": "amincir, amenuiser, atténuer",
      "word": "tenuo"
    },
    {
      "word": "adtenuo"
    },
    {
      "translation": "amincir, amenuiser, atténuer",
      "word": "attenuo"
    },
    {
      "word": "adtenuatē"
    },
    {
      "translation": "d'une manière mince",
      "word": "attenuatē"
    },
    {
      "word": "adtenuatio"
    },
    {
      "translation": "amoindrissement, affaiblissement",
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    },
    {
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      "translation": "amoindri, affaibli",
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      "translation": "non diminué",
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    {
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      "word": "extenuo"
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    {
      "translation": "action de rendre mince, ténu, de diminuer",
      "word": "extenuatio"
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    {
      "translation": "propre à diminuer, à affaiblir",
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    {
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          "text": "tenuiores cum princibus aequare",
          "translation": "mettre les petits au niveau des grands."
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        "Ténu, mince, fin, léger, fluet, grêle, maigre, petit, exigu, étroit, chétif."
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        "Clair, limpide."
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        {
          "ref": "Live",
          "text": "tenui loco ortus",
          "translation": "d'humble condition, de naissance obscure."
        }
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        "Simple, sans ornement, sans élévation, , peu élevé, peu profond."
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      "word": "gracilis"
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    {
      "word": "exilis"
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    {
      "word": "macer"
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  "word": "tenuis"
}

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