tenuis e, adj. with comp. tenuior and sup. tenuissimus
2 TA-,
drawn out, meagre, slim, thin, lank, slender
: Pinna, H.: acus,
fine
, O.: avena, V.: animae (defunctorum), O.—Of texture,
thin, fine, close
: vestes, O.: togae, H.: toga filo tenuissima,
O.: natura oculos membranis tenuissimis
saepsit.—Of substance,
thin, rare, fine, slight
: caelum: athereus locus tenuissimus est: agmen
(militum), L.—
Little, slight, trifling, inconsiderable, insignificant, poor, mean
: oppidum: aqua,
shallow
, L.: tenuem fontibus adfer aquam, i. e.
a little water
, O.: sulcus, V.: Insignis tenui fronte Lycoris,
low
, H.: semita,
narrow
, V.: cibus, Ph.: opes: census,
H.: praeda, Cs.: tenuissimum lumen: ventus,
a breeze
, V.—Of persons,
poor
: servus sit an liber, pecuniosus an tenuis.—
Plur m
. as subst: tenuīs praemio, stultos
errore permovit: fortunae constitui tenuiorum videbantur: cuiusque censum tenuissimi
auxerant.—Fig.,
fine, nice, delicate, subtle, exact
: distinctio: cura, O.: rationes non ad tenue elimatae.—
Weak, trifling, insignificant, mean, poor, slight
: tenuissima valetudo,
delicate
, Cs.: sermo: in tenuissimis rebus labi:
artificium: spes tenuior: curae, V.—
Low in rank, mean, inferior, common
: tenuiores,
the lower orders
: tenuis
L. Virginius unusque de multis: tenuissimus quisque: adulescentes tenui loco
orti, L.
