tenuis

From Latin tenuis (“thin, fine; weak”).

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛnuːɪs/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛnjuːɪs/

tenuis (not comparable)

1. (linguistics) Of Greek consonants, neither aspirated nor voiced, as [p], [t], [k]
2. (linguistics) Of obstruents in other languages, not voiced, aspirated, glottalized, or otherwise different in phonation from the prototypical values of the voiceless IPA letters ([p], [t], [k], [f], [θ], [s], [ʃ], etc.).

tenuis (plural tenues)

1. (linguistics) a tenuis consonant
   • 1887, Max Müller

     The tenuis becomes aspirate in Low-German.

• media
• aspirate

• intuse, unites, unties

From Proto-Indo-European *ténh₂us (“thin”). Cognates include Sanskrit तनु (tanú), Ancient Greek τανύω (tanúō) and Old English þynne (English thin).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈte.nu.is/, [ˈtɛ.nʊ.ɪs]

• Audio (Classical)

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• (sometimes in poetry) (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈten.wis/, [ˈtɛn.wɪs]

tenuis (neuter tenue); third declension

1. thin, fine, slender
2. weak, watery
3. slight, trifling
4. delicate, subtle

Third declension.

• tenue
• tenuistīpitātus (Mediaeval Latin)
• tenuiter

• tener

• English: tenuis, tenuous
• French: ténu, ténue
• Italian: tenue
• Portuguese: ténue (Portugal), tênue (Brazil)
• Spanish: tenue

• tenuis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• tenuis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tenuis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • elevated, moderate, plain style: genus dicendi grave or grande, medium, tenue (cf. Or. 5. 20; 6. 21)
    
  • meagre diet: victus tenuis (Fin. 2. 28. 90)
    
  • little money: pecunia exigua or tenuis