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|lshtext=<b>tĕnŭis</b>: e (in the poets also as dissyl. tēnuis, and [[hence]] [[sometimes]] written [[ten]]-vis, Lucr. 1, 875; 2, 232; 3, 232 al.; cf.<br /><b>I</b> tenuia and tenuius, trisyl., id. 4, 66; 4, 808; 3, 243, v. Carey, Lat. Prosody, § 47), adj. [[root]] in Sanscr. tanu; [[ten]]., Gr. [[τείνω]];> [[prop]]. stretched [[out]], [[drawn]] [[out]]; v. [[teneo]]; [[hence]], [[thin]], [[fine]], [[close]], etc. (syn.: [[gracilis]], [[exilis]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of [[texture]], [[fine]], [[thin]]: [[subtemen]], Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 20: vestes, Tib. 2, 3, 53: vestes, Ov. A. A. 3, 707: [[amictus]], id. M. 4, 104: togae, Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 32: [[toga]] filo tenuissima, Ov. A. A. 3, 445: tunicae, id. F. 2, 319: [[natura]] oculos membranis tenuissimis vestivit et saepsit, Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 142: [[pellis]], Ov. A. A. 3, 77: arietes tenuioris velleris, Col. 7, 2, 5.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of [[substance]], [[thin]], [[rare]], [[fine]]: tenue [[caelum]] (opp. crassum), Cic. Fat. 4, 7; so, tenue purumque [[caelum]], id. Div. 1, 57, 130: aër, [[rare]] ([[with]] [[purus]]), id. N. D. 2, 16, 42; cf.: aethereus [[locus]] tenuissimus est, id. ib. 2, 15, 42: capilli, Ov. Am. 1, 14, 5: comae, Tib. 1, 9, 68: [[rima]], Ov. M. 4, 65: [[vinum]], [[thin]], [[watery]], Plin. 14, 9, 11, § 80; 15, 28, 33, § 110; 23, 1, 22, § 39: [[aqua]], [[clear]], Ov. F. 2, 250; cf. [[sanguis]] (opp. [[crassus]]), Plin. 11, 38, 90, § 221: [[agmen]] (militum), Liv. 25, 23, 16: [[acies]], Tac. A. 1, 64; cf. pluviae, Verg. G. 1, 92.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of form, [[slim]], [[thin]], [[lank]], [[slender]], [[fine]]: [[penna]], Hor. C. 2, 20, 1: [[cauda]] ([[piscis]]), Ov. M. 4, 726: [[acus]], id. Am. 3, 7, 30: tabellae, Mart. 14, 3, 1: [[nitedula]], [[thin]], [[lank]], [[meagre]], Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 29; cf.: [[canes]] macie tenues, Nemes. Cyn. 137: [[Gellius]], Cat. 89, 1: [[Thais]], Mart. 11, 101, 1: [[umbra]] (defuncti), Tib. 3, 2, 9; cf.: animae (defunctorum), Ov. M. 14, 411; id. F. 2, 565. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of sounds, [[weak]], [[thin]]: vox, Pompon. ap. Macr. S. 6, 4, 12 (Com. Rel. v. 59 Rib.); Quint. 11, 3, 32. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf., in gen., [[little]], [[slight]], [[trifling]], [[poor]], [[mean]], etc.: [[oppidum]] tenue [[sane]], Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 22, § 53; cf.: magnae [[quondam]] urbis tenue [[vestigium]], Plin. 3, 4, 5, § 32: [[murus]], Cic. Rep. 4, 4, 4: [[amnis]], Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 53: [[aqua]], [[shallow]], Liv. 1, 4, 6; Ov. F. 2, 250; Quint. 12, 2, 11: [[rivulus]], Cic. Rep. 2, 19, 34: [[sulcus]], Verg. G. 1, 68: [[foramen]], Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 165: [[intervallum]], id. 31, 2, 2, § 4: [[insignis]] tenui fronte [[Lycoris]], Hor. C. 1, 33, 5: tenuem victum antefert copioso, Cic. Tusc. 3, 20, 49; so, [[victus]], id. Fin. 2, 28, 90; id. Lael. 23, 86; Hor. S. 2, 2, 53: [[mensa]], id. C. 2, 16, 14: [[cibus]], Phaedr. 4, 13, 7: tenuissimum [[patrimonium]], Auct. Her. 4, 38, 50: [[opes]], Cic. Quint. 1, 2: res ([[familiaris]]), Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 20; cf. [[census]], id. ib. 1, 7, 56: honores, Nep. Milt. 6, 2: [[praeda]], Caes. B. G. 6, 35: tenuissimum [[lumen]], Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 50: [[pumex]], i. e. [[light]], Prop. 3 (4), 1, 8. — Transf., of [[poor]] persons: [[tenuis]] (opp. [[locuples]]), Cic. Off. 2, 20, 70: [[servus]] [[sit]] an [[liber]], [[pecuniosus]] an [[tenuis]], id. Inv. 1, 25, 35: fortunae constitui tenuiorum videbantur, id. Sest. 48, 103; cf.: locupletissimi cujusque [[census]] extenuarant, tenuissimi auxerant, id. Verr. 2, 2, 55, § 138: [[tenuis]] et [[obaeratus]], Suet. Caes. 46: [[Regulus]], Plin. Ep. 2, 20, 13.—With gen.: [[tenuis]] opum, Sil. 6, 19.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Fine, [[nice]], [[delicate]], [[subtle]], [[exact]] (syn.: [[elegans]], [[subtilis]]): [[tenuis]] et acuta [[distinctio]], Cic. Ac. 2, 14, 43; cf.: tenues [[autem]] differentias (praecepta) habent, Sen. Ep. 94, 35: (oratores) tenues, acuti, Cic. Or. 5, 20; so, [[orator]], id. ib. 24, 81; Quint. 12, 10, 21: aures, Lucr. 4, 913: [[cura]], Ov. P. 4, 6, 37: [[Athenae]], [[elegant]], Mart. 6, 64, 17: rationes latiore specie, non ad tenue limatae, Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 66: [[textum]] dicendi, Quint. 10, 1, 64.— Subst.: tĕnŭe, is, n., [[that]] [[which]] is [[subtle]] (opp. comprehensibile), Lact. 7, 4, 12.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf. (acc. to I. B.), [[weak]], [[trifling]], [[insignificant]], [[mean]], [[low]]: cum tenuissimā valetudine esset, [[weak]], [[feeble]], [[delicate]], Caes. B. G. 5, 40: [[tenuis]] [[atque]] [[infirmus]] [[animus]], id. B. C. 1, 32: [[ingenium]] (opp. [[forte]]), Quint. 10, 2, 19: [[tenuis]] et angusta ingeni [[vena]], id. 6, 2, 3: [[tenuis]] exsanguisque [[sermo]], Cic. de Or. 1, 13, 57; Quint. 8, 3, 18: in ininimis tenuissimisque rebus labi, Cic. de Or. 1, 37, 169: tenuissimarum rerum jura, id. Caecin. 12, 34: [[artificium]] [[perquam]] tenue et leve, id. de Or. 1, 28, 129: [[grammatica]], ars [[tenuis]] ac jejuna, Quint. 1, 4, 5: [[inanis]] et [[tenuis]] [[spes]], Cic. Rosc. Com. 14, 43; cf.: [[spes]] tenuior, id. Att. 3, 19, 2: [[suspitio]], id. Caecin. 15, 43: [[causa]] [[tenuis]] et [[inops]], id. Fam. 9, 12, 2: curae, Verg. G. 1, 177: [[gloria]], id. ib. 4, 6: [[damnum]], Tac. A. 12, 39: negotia [[paulo]] ad dicendum tenuiora, Quint. 12, 9, 8: nec sua [[plus]] debet tenui [[Verona]] Catullo, i. e. to the [[author]] of [[trifling]], [[amorous]] lays, Mart. 10, 103, 5; v. [[tenuo]], II. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Esp., of [[rank]], [[standing]], etc., [[low]], [[inferior]], [[common]]: tenuiores, men of [[lower]] [[rank]], the [[lower]] orders, Cic. Leg. 3, 10, 24; cf.: [[tenuis]] L. [[Virginius]] unusque de multis, id. Fin. 2, 20, 66: tenuissimus [[quisque]], id. Verr. 2, 1, 47, § 123: homines, id. Mur. 34, 70; cf.: commoti animi tenuiorum, id. ib. 23, 47: si obscuri erunt aut tenues, id. Part. Or. 34, 117: qui tenuioris ordinis essent, id. Leg. 3, 13, 30: adulescentes tenui [[loco]] orti, Liv. 2, 3, 2. — Hence, adv.: tĕnŭĭter.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> Thinly: alutae [[tenuiter]] confectae, Caes. B. G. 3, 13.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Indifferently, [[poorly]]: Da. Quid rei gerit? Ge. Sic, [[tenuiter]]. Da. Non [[multum]] habet, Quod det, etc., Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 95.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> Finely, [[acutely]], [[exactly]], subtilely: [[tenuiter]] disserere, Cic. Or. 14, 46: [[tenuiter]] [[multa]], [[multa]] [[sublimiter]] [[tenere]], Plin. Ep. 4, 27, 1: scribere ([[with]] [[argute]]), id. ib. 6, 21, 4: [[tenuiter]] et [[argute]] [[multa]] disserit, Gell. 6, 2, 6.—Comp.: illae (argumentationes) tenuius et acutius et subtilius tractantur, Cic. Inv. 2, 16, 51.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Lightly, [[slightly]], [[superficially]]: mihi [[nimium]] [[tenuiter]] Siculorum [[erga]] te voluntatis argumenta colligere videor, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 65, § 157; Auct. Her. 3, 8, 15; 4, 36, 48.— Sup.: tenuissime aestimare, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 16, § 35.
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|gf=<b>tĕnŭis</b>,⁸ e,<br /><b>1</b> mince, délié, fin, grêle, ténu : tenue [[subtemen]] Pl. Merc. 518, un fil mince ; [[natura]] oculos membranis tenuissimis sæpsit Cic. Nat. 2, 142, la nature a recouvert les yeux de membranes très minces &#124;&#124; tenue cælum Cic. Fato 7, air subtil, léger, cf. Cic. Div. 1, 130 ; Nat. 2, 42 &#124;&#124; [[tenuis]] [[aqua]] Ov. F. 2, 250, eau [[liquide]] ; tenue [[vinum]] Plin. 14, 80, vin clair, léger ; tenues pluviæ Virg. G. 1, 92, pluies fines &#124;&#124; [[tenui]] agmine Liv. 25, 23, 16, en colonne mince, en file ; [[tenuis]] [[acies]] Tac. Ann. 1, 64, mince front de bataille &#124;&#124; [[tenuis]] [[nitedula]] Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 29, mulot grêle, efflanqué ; [[tenuis]] [[penna]] Hor. O. 2, 20, 1, une aile grêle, faible, chétive ; tenues animæ (defunctorum) Ov. M. 14, 411, les ombres ténues (des morts) ; [poét.] [[tibia]] [[tenuis]] Hor. P. 203, la flûte grêle, au son grêle ; [[vox]] [[tenuis]] Quint. 11, 3, 32, voix grêle<br /><b>2</b> petit, chétif, de peu d’importance, faible : [[oppidum]] tenue Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 53, ville de faible importance ; [[tenuis]] [[murus]] Cic. Rep. 4, 4, faible rempart ; [[rivulus]] Cic. Rep. 2, 34, mince ruisselet ; [[victus]] Cic. Læl. 86, une table frugale ; tenues [[opes]] Cic. Quinct. 2, maigres ressources ; tenuissimum [[lumen]] Cic. Nat. 2, 50, très faible lumière &#124;&#124; [fig.] tenuissima [[valetudo]] Cæs. G. 5, 40, santé précaire ; [[spes]] tenuior Cic. Att. 2, 19, 2, espérance [[plus]] faible, cf. Cic. Com. 43 ; [[tenui]] quodam et exsangui sermone Cic. de Or. 1, 57, dans un style grêle et sans vie ; [[artificium]] tenue et leve Cic. de Or. 1, 129, un métier chétif et [[frivole]] &#124;&#124; [en parl. des pers. de petite condition, de maigre fortune] : homines tenues Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 167, des [[gens]] de peu, cf. Cic. Mur. 70 ; Off. 2, 70 ; tenuissimum quemque contemnit Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 123, il méprise les [[gens]] en proportion de l’humilité de leur condition ; animi tenuiorum Cic. Mur. 47, les esprits des petites [[gens]]<br /><b>3</b> fin, subtil, délicat : [[tenuis]] et acuta [[distinctio]] Cic. Ac. 2, 43, distinction [[fine]] et subtile ; oratores tenues Cic. Or. 20, les orateurs au style simple, cf. Cic. Or. 81 ; tenues Athenæ Mart. 6, 64, 17, Athènes, ville [[fine]], policée &#124;&#124; [métaph.] rationes ad tenue elimatæ Cic. Ac. 2, 66, des raisons amincies par le travail de la lime. chez les poètes qqf. dissyll. tenvis : Lucr. 1, 885 ; 2, 232, etc., Virg.
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