littera tenuis

== Latin == === Etymology === littera (“letter”) + tenuis (“thin, slender”) === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈlɪt.tɛ.ra ˈtɛ.nu.ɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈlit.te.ra ˈtɛː.nu.is] === Noun === littera tenuis f (genitive litterae tenuis); first declension (grammar, Late Latin) the unaspirated voiceless stops in Ancient Greek (π, τ, κ) as opposed to the aspirated voiceless stops (φ, χ, θ) ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun with a third-declension adjective.