tenuis

== English == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Latin tenuis (“thin, fine; weak”). Doublet of thin. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtɛnjuːɪs/, /ˈtɛnuːɪs/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtɛnjuɪs/, /ˈtɛnuɪs/ Homophone: tenuous (when unstressed /ɪ/ = [ə]) === Adjective === tenuis (not comparable) (linguistics) Of Greek consonants, neither aspirated nor voiced, as [p], [t], [k] (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.). === Noun === tenuis (plural tenues) (linguistics) A tenuis consonant. ==== Antonyms ==== media aspirate === Anagrams === Suiten, intuse, unites, unties == Latin == === Alternative forms === tenvis (poetic) === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ténh₂us (“thin”). Original u-stem adjectives are regularly extended into i-stem ones in Latin, compare gravis, brevis, dulcis, etc. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtɛ.nu.ɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtɛː.nu.is] tenvis: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtɛn.wɪs] In Classical Latin poetry, the sequence tenu- in this word and its inflections can be pronounced as [tɛn.w] (a heavy syllable and an onset) instead of [tɛ.nu] (two light syllables). This occurs especially, although not exclusively, in contexts where the meter requires it (for example, in forms such as tenuia, which would otherwise have three successive light syllables and so be unusable in dactylic hexameter). === Adjective === tenuis (neuter tenue, comparative tenuior, superlative tenuissimus, adverb tenuiter); third-declension two-termination adjective (of textures or forms) thin, slender, slim, lank; especially: Synonyms: exīlis, vēscus (with anima or umbra) synonym of mānēs, the manes (of substances) fine, rare, thin; pure, clear, not coarse weak, feeble, tenuous Synonyms: dēbilis, languidus, aeger, frāctus, fessus, īnfirmus, mollis, obnoxius, inops Antonyms: praevalēns, fortis, potis, potēns, validus, strēnuus, compos little, slight, trifling Synonyms: parvus, paulus, pusillus delicate, subtle Synonyms: ēlegāns, subtīlis ==== Declension ==== Third-declension two-termination adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== tener ==== Descendants ==== Catalan: tènue French: ténu Italian: tenue Occitan: teune Languedocien: teunhe Sicilian: tènui Spanish: tenue Walloon: tene → English: tenuis; →⇒ tenuious, tenuous → English: tenuis → German: Tenuis → Portuguese: ténue, tênue (Brazil) === References === === Further reading === “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[1], London: Macmillan and Co.