ἢ λέγε τι σιγῆς κρεῖττον ἢ σιγὴν ἔχε → either say something better than silence or keep silence (Menander)
tĕnŭĭcŭlus: a, um,
I adj. dim. [id.], slight, trifling, poor: apparatus, Cic. Fam. 9, 19, 1.
tĕnŭĭcŭlus, a, um (tenuis), tout à fait mince, chétif : Cic. Fam. 9, 19, 1.