tenellus

== Latin == === Etymology === From tener +‎ -lus (diminutive suffix). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [tɛˈnɛl.lʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [teˈnɛl.lus] === Adjective === tenellus (feminine tenella, neuter tenellum); first/second-declension adjective diminutive of tener (“tender, delicate”) ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. === References === “tenellus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "tenellus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “tenellus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. tenellus in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016