tenuis
English
Adjective
tenuis (not comparable)
- (linguistics) Of Greek consonants, neither aspirated nor voiced, as [p], [t], [k]
- (linguistics) Of obstruents in other languages, not voiced, aspirated, glottalized, or otherwise different in phonation from the prototypical values of the voiceless IPA letters ([p], [t], [k], [f], [θ], [s], [ʃ], etc.).
Noun
tenuis (plural tenues)
- (linguistics) a tenuis consonant
- 1887, Max Müller
- The tenuis becomes aspirate in Low-German.
- 1887, Max Müller
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ténh₂us (“thin”). Cognates include Sanskrit तनु (tanú), Ancient Greek τανύω (tanúō) and Old English þynne (English thin).
Pronunciation
Adjective
tenuis (neuter tenue); third declension
Declension
Third declension.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | tenuis | tenue | tenuēs | tenuia | |
Genitive | tenuis | tenuium | |||
Dative | tenuī | tenuibus | |||
Accusative | tenuem | tenue | tenuēs tenuīs |
tenuia | |
Ablative | tenuī | tenuibus | |||
Vocative | tenuis | tenue | tenuēs | tenuia |
Derived terms
- tenue
- tenuistīpitātus (Mediaeval Latin)
- tenuiter
Related terms
Descendants
References
- tenuis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- tenuis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- tenuis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- elevated, moderate, plain style: genus dicendi grave or grande, medium, tenue (cf. Or. 5. 20; 6. 21)
- meagre diet: victus tenuis (Fin. 2. 28. 90)
- little money: pecunia exigua or tenuis
- elevated, moderate, plain style: genus dicendi grave or grande, medium, tenue (cf. Or. 5. 20; 6. 21)
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