tenuis, tenue, tenuior -or -us, tenuissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 3rd declension · variant: 2nd
- Frequency:
- Frequent
thin, fine; delicate; slight, slender; little, unimportant; weak, feeble;
Inflections
positive
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | tenue | tenuia |
| Acc. | tenue | tenuia |
| Voc. | tenue | tenuia |
comparative
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | tenuius | tenuiora |
| Gen. | tenuioris | — |
| Acc. | tenuius | tenuiora |
| Voc. | tenuius | tenuiora |
superlative
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | tenuissimus | tenuissimi |
| Gen. | tenuissimi | tenuissimorum |
| Dat. | tenuissimo | — |
| Acc. | tenuissimum | tenuissimos |
| Voc. | tenuissime | tenuissimi |
| Abl. | tenuissimo | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | tenuissima | tenuissimae |
| Gen. | tenuissimae | tenuissimarum |
| Dat. | tenuissimae | — |
| Acc. | tenuissimam | tenuissimas |
| Voc. | tenuissima | tenuissimae |
| Abl. | tenuissima | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | tenuissimum | tenuissima |
| Gen. | tenuissimi | tenuissimorum |
| Dat. | tenuissimo | — |
| Acc. | tenuissimum | tenuissima |
| Voc. | tenuissimum | tenuissima |
| Abl. | tenuissimo | — |
Examples
- P
Aeneid IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...umeris, dives quae munera Dido fecerat, et tenui telas discreverat auro. continuo invadit: 'tu nunc Karthaginis altae fundamenta..." - P
Aeneid V
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...humanos, da flammam evadere classi nunc, pater, et tenuis Teucrum res eripe leto. vel tu, quod superest, infesto..." - P
Aeneid VI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...strictamque aciem venientibus offert, et ni docta comes tenuis sine corpore vitas admoneat volitare cava sub imagine formae..." - P
Aeneid VII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...superbis urit odoratam nocturna in lumina cedrum arguto tenuis percurrens pectine telas. hinc exaudiri gemitus iraeque leonum vincla..." - P
Aeneid VIII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...populeas inter senior se attollere frondes visus (eum tenuis glauco velabat amictu carbasus, et crinis umbrosa tegebat harundo..." - P
Aeneid X
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...fama mali tanti, sed certior auctor advolat Aeneae tenui discrimine leti esse suos, tempus versis succurrere Teucris. proxima..." - P
Aeneid XI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...ipsa suis quondam manibus Sidonia Dido fecerat et tenui telas discreverat auro. harum unam iuveni supremum maestus honorem..." - P
Aeneid III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...locis neque ab ordine cedunt. verum eadem, verso tenuis cum cardine ventus impulit et teneras turbavit ianua frondes..."