I.softness, tenderness.
I. Lit.: “uvarum,” Plin. 15, 24, 29, § 100: “brassicae,” id. 19, 8, 41, § 141: “gemmae,” id. 37, 7, 28, § 101: “hujus jecori teneritas nulla praefertur,” id. 9, 42, 67, § 143.—
II. Trop.: in primo ortu (rerum) inest teneritas et mollities quaedam, * Cic. Fin. 5, 21, 58 aetatis, Vitr. 4, 1 med.: “teneritas Corinthiorum (opp. severus mos Doricorum),” id. 1, 2 med.
