tenerius
Dictionary entries
- Entry →tener, tenera -um, tenerior -or -us, tenerrimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
tender (age/food); soft/delicate/gentle; young/immature; weak/fragile/frail;
acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.)
Examples
Liber VII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...sibi, inuertit deliciarum dissolutio et tabes aliquid adhuc tenerius molliusque, quo pereat. [31,2] Nondum satis robur omne..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...inquam, domina, certe embasicoetan iusseras dari." Complosit illa tenerius manus et: "O, inquit, hominem acutum atque urbanitatis vernaculae..."