teneritas

Latin > English

teneritas teneritatis N F :: tenderness; softness (Pliny)

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

tĕnĕrĭtas: ātis, f. id.,
I softness, tenderness.
I Lit.: uvarum, Plin. 15, 24, 29, § 100: brassicae, id. 19, 8, 41, § 141: gemmae, id. 37, 7, 28, § 101: hujus jecori teneritas nulla praefertur, id. 9, 42, 67, § 143.—
II Trop.: in primo ortu (rerum) inest teneritas et mollities quaedam, * Cic. Fin. 5, 21, 58 aetatis, Vitr. 4, 1 med.: teneritas Corinthiorum (opp. severus mos Doricorum), id. 1, 2 med.>

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

tĕnĕrĭtās, ātis, f. (tener), tendreté, qualité de ce qui est tendre, mollesse : Cic. Fin. 5, 58 ; Plin. 15, 100 ; 37, 101.

Latin > German (Georges)

teneritās, ātis, f. (tener), die Zartheit, brassicae, Plin.: aetatis, Vitr.: in primo ortu inest teneritas et mollities, Cic.