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per-tĕnŭis , e, adj.,
I.very thin, very small or fine.
I. Lit.: “sabulum pertenue,” Plin. 18, 6, 7, § 34.—
II. Trop., very slight or slender, very weak: “spes salutis,” Cic. Fam. 14, 3, 2: “discrimen,” id. Agr. 2, 32, 87: “suspicio,” id. Clu. 60, 168: “argumentum,” Cic. Verr. 1, 6, 17: “ars,” id. de Or. 1, 23, 107.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (5):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 14.3.2
    • Cicero, On the Agrarian Law, 2.32.87
    • Cicero, For Aulus Cluentius, 60.168
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 1.23
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 18.34
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