argute

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1) General subject: acute (о звуке), argute, argute (о звуке), ear piercing, ear-piercing (о звуке), high (о голосе, звуке), high pitched, high set, high-pitched (о звуке), keen, penetrating (о звуке), penetrative (о звуке), piercing, piping, pipy, raucous (о голосе, смехе), reedy (о голосе), screaming, screamy, sharp, shrill, stabbing, severe (не о звуке, а чаще о боли), stridency

2) Medicine: raucous (о голосе), strident, stridulous

3) Obsolete: perceant

4) Poetical language: shrilly

5) Australian slang: toey

6) Makarov: brazen (о звуке и т.п.)

tĕnŭis, e (in the poets also as dissyl. tēnuis, and hence sometimes written ten-vis, Lucr. 1, 875; 2, 232; 3, 232 al.; cf.

tenuia and tenuius, trisyl.,

id. 4, 66; 4, 808; 3, 243, v. Carey, Lat. Prosody, § 47), adj. [root in Sanscr. tanu; ten., Gr. teinô; prop. stretched out, drawn out; v. teneo; hence], thin, fine, close, etc. (syn.: gracilis, exilis).

Lit.

Of texture, fine, thin:

subtemen,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 20:

vestes,

Tib. 2, 3, 53:

vestes,

Ov. A. A. 3, 707:

amictus,

id. M. 4, 104:

togae,

Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 32:

toga filo tenuissima,

Ov. A. A. 3, 445:

tunicae,

id. F. 2, 319:

natura oculos membranis tenuissimis vestivit et saepsit,

Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 142:

pellis,

Ov. A. A. 3, 77:

arietes tenuioris velleris,

Col. 7, 2, 5.—

Of substance, thin, rare, fine:

tenue caelum (opp. crassum),

Cic. Fat. 4, 7; so,

tenue purumque caelum,

id. Div. 1, 57, 130: aër, rare (with purus), id. N. D. 2, 16, 42; cf.:

aethereus locus tenuissimus est,

id. ib. 2, 15, 42:

capilli,

Ov. Am. 1, 14, 5:

comae,

Tib. 1, 9, 68:

rima,

Ov. M. 4, 65:

vinum,

thin, watery, Plin. 14, 9, 11, § 80; 15, 28, 33, § 110; 23, 1, 22, § 39:

aqua,

clear, Ov. F. 2, 250; cf.

sanguis (opp. crassus),

Plin. 11, 38, 90, § 221:

agmen (militum),

Liv. 25, 23, 16:

acies,

Tac. A. 1, 64; cf.

pluviae,

Verg. G. 1, 92.—

Of form, slim, thin, lank, slender, fine:

penna,

Hor. C. 2, 20, 1:

cauda (piscis),

Ov. M. 4, 726:

acus,

id. Am. 3, 7, 30:

tabellae,

Mart. 14, 3, 1:

nitedula,

thin, lank, meagre, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 29; cf.:

canes macie tenues,

Nemes. Cyn. 137:

Gellius,

Cat. 89, 1:

Thais,

Mart. 11, 101, 1:

umbra (defuncti),

Tib. 3, 2, 9; cf.:

animae (defunctorum),

Ov. M. 14, 411; id. F. 2, 565. —

Of sounds, weak, thin: vox, Pompon. ap. Macr. S. 6, 4, 12 (Com. Rel. v. 59 Rib.); Quint. 11, 3, 32. —

Transf., in gen., little, slight, trifling, poor, mean, etc.:

oppidum tenue sane,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 22, § 53; cf.:

magnae quondam urbis tenue vestigium,

Plin. 3, 4, 5, § 32:

murus,

Cic. Rep. 4, 4, 4:

amnis,

Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 53:

aqua,

shallow, Liv. 1, 4, 6; Ov. F. 2, 250; Quint. 12, 2, 11:

rivulus,

Cic. Rep. 2, 19, 34:

sulcus,

Verg. G. 1, 68:

foramen,

Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 165:

intervallum,

id. 31, 2, 2, § 4:

insignis tenui fronte Lycoris,

Hor. C. 1, 33, 5:

tenuem victum antefert copioso,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 20, 49; so,

victus,

id. Fin. 2, 28, 90; id. Lael. 23, 86; Hor. S. 2, 2, 53:

mensa,

id. C. 2, 16, 14:

cibus,

Phaedr. 4, 13, 7:

tenuissimum patrimonium,

Auct. Her. 4, 38, 50:

opes,

Cic. Quint. 1, 2:

res (familiaris),

Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 20; cf.

census,

id. ib. 1, 7, 56:

honores,

Nep. Milt. 6, 2:

praeda,

Caes. B. G. 6, 35:

tenuissimum lumen,

Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 50:

pumex,

i. e. light, Prop. 3 (4), 1, 8. — Transf., of poor persons:

tenuis (opp. locuples),

Cic. Off. 2, 20, 70:

servus sit an liber, pecuniosus an tenuis,

id. Inv. 1, 25, 35:

fortunae constitui tenuiorum videbantur,

id. Sest. 48, 103; cf.:

locupletissimi cujusque census extenuarant, tenuissimi auxerant,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 55, § 138:

tenuis et obaeratus,

Suet. Caes. 46:

Regulus,

Plin. Ep. 2, 20, 13.—With gen.:

tenuis opum,

Sil. 6, 19.—

Trop.

Fine, nice, delicate, subtle, exact (syn.:

elegans, subtilis): tenuis et acuta distinctio,

Cic. Ac. 2, 14, 43; cf.:

tenues autem differentias (praecepta) habent,

Sen. Ep. 94, 35:

(oratores) tenues, acuti,

Cic. Or. 5, 20; so,

orator,

id. ib. 24, 81; Quint. 12, 10, 21:

aures,

Lucr. 4, 913:

cura,

Ov. P. 4, 6, 37:

Athenae,

elegant, Mart. 6, 64, 17:

rationes latiore specie, non ad tenue limatae,

Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 66:

textum dicendi,

Quint. 10, 1, 64.— Subst.: tĕnŭe, is, n., that which is subtle (opp. comprehensibile), Lact. 7, 4, 12.—

Transf. (acc. to I. B.), weak, trifling, insignificant, mean, low:

cum tenuissimā valetudine esset,

weak, feeble, delicate, Caes. B. G. 5, 40:

tenuis atque infirmus animus,

id. B. C. 1, 32:

ingenium (opp. forte),

Quint. 10, 2, 19:

tenuis et angusta ingeni vena,

id. 6, 2, 3: tenuis exsanguisque sermo, Cic. de Or. 1, 13, 57; Quint. 8, 3, 18:

in ininimis tenuissimisque rebus labi,

Cic. de Or. 1, 37, 169:

tenuissimarum rerum jura,

id. Caecin. 12, 34:

artificium perquam tenue et leve,

id. de Or. 1, 28, 129:

grammatica, ars tenuis ac jejuna,

Quint. 1, 4, 5:

inanis et tenuis spes,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 14, 43; cf.:

spes tenuior,

id. Att. 3, 19, 2:

suspitio,

id. Caecin. 15, 43:

causa tenuis et inops,

id. Fam. 9, 12, 2:

curae,

Verg. G. 1, 177:

gloria,

id. ib. 4, 6:

damnum,

Tac. A. 12, 39:

negotia paulo ad dicendum tenuiora,

Quint. 12, 9, 8:

nec sua plus debet tenui Verona Catullo,

i. e. to the author of trifling, amorous lays, Mart. 10, 103, 5; v. tenuo, II. —

Esp., of rank, standing, etc., low, inferior, common:

tenuiores,

men of lower rank, the lower orders, Cic. Leg. 3, 10, 24; cf.:

tenuis L. Virginius unusque de multis,

id. Fin. 2, 20, 66:

tenuissimus quisque,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 47, § 123:

homines,

id. Mur. 34, 70; cf.:

commoti animi tenuiorum,

id. ib. 23, 47:

si obscuri erunt aut tenues,

id. Part. Or. 34, 117:

qui tenuioris ordinis essent,

id. Leg. 3, 13, 30:

adulescentes tenui loco orti,

Liv. 2, 3, 2. — Hence, adv.: tĕnŭĭter.

Lit.

Thinly:

alutae tenuiter confectae,

Caes. B. G. 3, 13.—

Indifferently, poorly: Da. Quid rei gerit? Ge. Sic, tenuiter. Da. Non multum habet, Quod det, etc., Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 95.—

Trop.

Finely, acutely, exactly, subtilely:

tenuiter disserere,

Cic. Or. 14, 46:

tenuiter multa, multa sublimiter tenere,

Plin. Ep. 4, 27, 1:

scribere (with argute),

id. ib. 6, 21, 4:

tenuiter et argute multa disserit,

Gell. 6, 2, 6.— Comp.:

illae (argumentationes) tenuius et acutius et subtilius tractantur,

Cic. Inv. 2, 16, 51.—

Lightly, slightly, superficially:

mihi nimium tenuiter Siculorum erga te voluntatis argumenta colligere videor,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 65, § 157; Auct. Her. 3, 8, 15; 4, 36, 48.— Sup.:

tenuissime aestimare,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 16, § 35.

tĕnŭis, e (in the poets also as dissyl. tēnuis, and hence sometimes written ten-vis, Lucr. 1, 875; 2, 232; 3, 232 al.; cf.

tenuia and tenuius, trisyl.,

id. 4, 66; 4, 808; 3, 243, v. Carey, Lat. Prosody, § 47), adj. [root in Sanscr. tanu; ten., Gr. teinô; prop. stretched out, drawn out; v. teneo; hence], thin, fine, close, etc. (syn.: gracilis, exilis).

Lit.

Of texture, fine, thin:

subtemen,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 20:

vestes,

Tib. 2, 3, 53:

vestes,

Ov. A. A. 3, 707:

amictus,

id. M. 4, 104:

togae,

Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 32:

toga filo tenuissima,

Ov. A. A. 3, 445:

tunicae,

id. F. 2, 319:

natura oculos membranis tenuissimis vestivit et saepsit,

Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 142:

pellis,

Ov. A. A. 3, 77:

arietes tenuioris velleris,

Col. 7, 2, 5.—

Of substance, thin, rare, fine:

tenue caelum (opp. crassum),

Cic. Fat. 4, 7; so,

tenue purumque caelum,

id. Div. 1, 57, 130: aër, rare (with purus), id. N. D. 2, 16, 42; cf.:

aethereus locus tenuissimus est,

id. ib. 2, 15, 42:

capilli,

Ov. Am. 1, 14, 5:

comae,

Tib. 1, 9, 68:

rima,

Ov. M. 4, 65:

vinum,

thin, watery, Plin. 14, 9, 11, § 80; 15, 28, 33, § 110; 23, 1, 22, § 39:

aqua,

clear, Ov. F. 2, 250; cf.

sanguis (opp. crassus),

Plin. 11, 38, 90, § 221:

agmen (militum),

Liv. 25, 23, 16:

acies,

Tac. A. 1, 64; cf.

pluviae,

Verg. G. 1, 92.—

Of form, slim, thin, lank, slender, fine:

penna,

Hor. C. 2, 20, 1:

cauda (piscis),

Ov. M. 4, 726:

acus,

id. Am. 3, 7, 30:

tabellae,

Mart. 14, 3, 1:

nitedula,

thin, lank, meagre, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 29; cf.:

canes macie tenues,

Nemes. Cyn. 137:

Gellius,

Cat. 89, 1:

Thais,

Mart. 11, 101, 1:

umbra (defuncti),

Tib. 3, 2, 9; cf.:

animae (defunctorum),

Ov. M. 14, 411; id. F. 2, 565. —

Of sounds, weak, thin: vox, Pompon. ap. Macr. S. 6, 4, 12 (Com. Rel. v. 59 Rib.); Quint. 11, 3, 32. —

Transf., in gen., little, slight, trifling, poor, mean, etc.:

oppidum tenue sane,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 22, § 53; cf.:

magnae quondam urbis tenue vestigium,

Plin. 3, 4, 5, § 32:

murus,

Cic. Rep. 4, 4, 4:

amnis,

Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 53:

aqua,

shallow, Liv. 1, 4, 6; Ov. F. 2, 250; Quint. 12, 2, 11:

rivulus,

Cic. Rep. 2, 19, 34:

sulcus,

Verg. G. 1, 68:

foramen,

Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 165:

intervallum,

id. 31, 2, 2, § 4:

insignis tenui fronte Lycoris,

Hor. C. 1, 33, 5:

tenuem victum antefert copioso,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 20, 49; so,

victus,

id. Fin. 2, 28, 90; id. Lael. 23, 86; Hor. S. 2, 2, 53:

mensa,

id. C. 2, 16, 14:

cibus,

Phaedr. 4, 13, 7:

tenuissimum patrimonium,

Auct. Her. 4, 38, 50:

opes,

Cic. Quint. 1, 2:

res (familiaris),

Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 20; cf.

census,

id. ib. 1, 7, 56:

honores,

Nep. Milt. 6, 2:

praeda,

Caes. B. G. 6, 35:

tenuissimum lumen,

Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 50:

pumex,

i. e. light, Prop. 3 (4), 1, 8. — Transf., of poor persons:

tenuis (opp. locuples),

Cic. Off. 2, 20, 70:

servus sit an liber, pecuniosus an tenuis,

id. Inv. 1, 25, 35:

fortunae constitui tenuiorum videbantur,

id. Sest. 48, 103; cf.:

locupletissimi cujusque census extenuarant, tenuissimi auxerant,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 55, § 138:

tenuis et obaeratus,

Suet. Caes. 46:

Regulus,

Plin. Ep. 2, 20, 13.—With gen.:

tenuis opum,

Sil. 6, 19.—

Trop.

Fine, nice, delicate, subtle, exact (syn.:

elegans, subtilis): tenuis et acuta distinctio,

Cic. Ac. 2, 14, 43; cf.:

tenues autem differentias (praecepta) habent,

Sen. Ep. 94, 35:

(oratores) tenues, acuti,

Cic. Or. 5, 20; so,

orator,

id. ib. 24, 81; Quint. 12, 10, 21:

aures,

Lucr. 4, 913:

cura,

Ov. P. 4, 6, 37:

Athenae,

elegant, Mart. 6, 64, 17:

rationes latiore specie, non ad tenue limatae,

Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 66:

textum dicendi,

Quint. 10, 1, 64.— Subst.: tĕnŭe, is, n., that which is subtle (opp. comprehensibile), Lact. 7, 4, 12.—

Transf. (acc. to I. B.), weak, trifling, insignificant, mean, low:

cum tenuissimā valetudine esset,

weak, feeble, delicate, Caes. B. G. 5, 40:

tenuis atque infirmus animus,

id. B. C. 1, 32:

ingenium (opp. forte),

Quint. 10, 2, 19:

tenuis et angusta ingeni vena,

id. 6, 2, 3: tenuis exsanguisque sermo, Cic. de Or. 1, 13, 57; Quint. 8, 3, 18:

in ininimis tenuissimisque rebus labi,

Cic. de Or. 1, 37, 169:

tenuissimarum rerum jura,

id. Caecin. 12, 34:

artificium perquam tenue et leve,

id. de Or. 1, 28, 129:

grammatica, ars tenuis ac jejuna,

Quint. 1, 4, 5:

inanis et tenuis spes,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 14, 43; cf.:

spes tenuior,

id. Att. 3, 19, 2:

suspitio,

id. Caecin. 15, 43:

causa tenuis et inops,

id. Fam. 9, 12, 2:

curae,

Verg. G. 1, 177:

gloria,

id. ib. 4, 6:

damnum,

Tac. A. 12, 39:

negotia paulo ad dicendum tenuiora,

Quint. 12, 9, 8:

nec sua plus debet tenui Verona Catullo,

i. e. to the author of trifling, amorous lays, Mart. 10, 103, 5; v. tenuo, II. —

Esp., of rank, standing, etc., low, inferior, common:

tenuiores,

men of lower rank, the lower orders, Cic. Leg. 3, 10, 24; cf.:

tenuis L. Virginius unusque de multis,

id. Fin. 2, 20, 66:

tenuissimus quisque,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 47, § 123:

homines,

id. Mur. 34, 70; cf.:

commoti animi tenuiorum,

id. ib. 23, 47:

si obscuri erunt aut tenues,

id. Part. Or. 34, 117:

qui tenuioris ordinis essent,

id. Leg. 3, 13, 30:

adulescentes tenui loco orti,

Liv. 2, 3, 2. — Hence, adv.: tĕnŭĭter.

Lit.

Thinly:

alutae tenuiter confectae,

Caes. B. G. 3, 13.—

Indifferently, poorly: Da. Quid rei gerit? Ge. Sic, tenuiter. Da. Non multum habet, Quod det, etc., Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 95.—

Trop.

Finely, acutely, exactly, subtilely:

tenuiter disserere,

Cic. Or. 14, 46:

tenuiter multa, multa sublimiter tenere,

Plin. Ep. 4, 27, 1:

scribere (with argute),

id. ib. 6, 21, 4:

tenuiter et argute multa disserit,

Gell. 6, 2, 6.— Comp.:

illae (argumentationes) tenuius et acutius et subtilius tractantur,

Cic. Inv. 2, 16, 51.—

Lightly, slightly, superficially:

mihi nimium tenuiter Siculorum erga te voluntatis argumenta colligere videor,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 65, § 157; Auct. Her. 3, 8, 15; 4, 36, 48.— Sup.:

tenuissime aestimare,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 16, § 35.

tĕnŭis, e (in the poets also as dissyl. tēnuis, and hence sometimes written ten-vis, Lucr. 1, 875; 2, 232; 3, 232 al.; cf.

tenuia and tenuius, trisyl.,

id. 4, 66; 4, 808; 3, 243, v. Carey, Lat. Prosody, § 47), adj. [root in Sanscr. tanu; ten., Gr. teinô; prop. stretched out, drawn out; v. teneo; hence], thin, fine, close, etc. (syn.: gracilis, exilis).

Lit.

Of texture, fine, thin:

subtemen,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 20:

vestes,

Tib. 2, 3, 53:

vestes,

Ov. A. A. 3, 707:

amictus,

id. M. 4, 104:

togae,

Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 32:

toga filo tenuissima,

Ov. A. A. 3, 445:

tunicae,

id. F. 2, 319:

natura oculos membranis tenuissimis vestivit et saepsit,

Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 142:

pellis,

Ov. A. A. 3, 77:

arietes tenuioris velleris,

Col. 7, 2, 5.—

Of substance, thin, rare, fine:

tenue caelum (opp. crassum),

Cic. Fat. 4, 7; so,

tenue purumque caelum,

id. Div. 1, 57, 130: aër, rare (with purus), id. N. D. 2, 16, 42; cf.:

aethereus locus tenuissimus est,

id. ib. 2, 15, 42:

capilli,

Ov. Am. 1, 14, 5:

comae,

Tib. 1, 9, 68:

rima,

Ov. M. 4, 65:

vinum,

thin, watery, Plin. 14, 9, 11, § 80; 15, 28, 33, § 110; 23, 1, 22, § 39:

aqua,

clear, Ov. F. 2, 250; cf.

sanguis (opp. crassus),

Plin. 11, 38, 90, § 221:

agmen (militum),

Liv. 25, 23, 16:

acies,

Tac. A. 1, 64; cf.

pluviae,

Verg. G. 1, 92.—

Of form, slim, thin, lank, slender, fine:

penna,

Hor. C. 2, 20, 1:

cauda (piscis),

Ov. M. 4, 726:

acus,

id. Am. 3, 7, 30:

tabellae,

Mart. 14, 3, 1:

nitedula,

thin, lank, meagre, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 29; cf.:

canes macie tenues,

Nemes. Cyn. 137:

Gellius,

Cat. 89, 1:

Thais,

Mart. 11, 101, 1:

umbra (defuncti),

Tib. 3, 2, 9; cf.:

animae (defunctorum),

Ov. M. 14, 411; id. F. 2, 565. —

Of sounds, weak, thin: vox, Pompon. ap. Macr. S. 6, 4, 12 (Com. Rel. v. 59 Rib.); Quint. 11, 3, 32. —

Transf., in gen., little, slight, trifling, poor, mean, etc.:

oppidum tenue sane,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 22, § 53; cf.:

magnae quondam urbis tenue vestigium,

Plin. 3, 4, 5, § 32:

murus,

Cic. Rep. 4, 4, 4:

amnis,

Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 53:

aqua,

shallow, Liv. 1, 4, 6; Ov. F. 2, 250; Quint. 12, 2, 11:

rivulus,

Cic. Rep. 2, 19, 34:

sulcus,

Verg. G. 1, 68:

foramen,

Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 165:

intervallum,

id. 31, 2, 2, § 4:

insignis tenui fronte Lycoris,

Hor. C. 1, 33, 5:

tenuem victum antefert copioso,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 20, 49; so,

victus,

id. Fin. 2, 28, 90; id. Lael. 23, 86; Hor. S. 2, 2, 53:

mensa,

id. C. 2, 16, 14:

cibus,

Phaedr. 4, 13, 7:

tenuissimum patrimonium,

Auct. Her. 4, 38, 50:

opes,

Cic. Quint. 1, 2:

res (familiaris),

Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 20; cf.

census,

id. ib. 1, 7, 56:

honores,

Nep. Milt. 6, 2:

praeda,

Caes. B. G. 6, 35:

tenuissimum lumen,

Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 50:

pumex,

i. e. light, Prop. 3 (4), 1, 8. — Transf., of poor persons:

tenuis (opp. locuples),

Cic. Off. 2, 20, 70:

servus sit an liber, pecuniosus an tenuis,

id. Inv. 1, 25, 35:

fortunae constitui tenuiorum videbantur,

id. Sest. 48, 103; cf.:

locupletissimi cujusque census extenuarant, tenuissimi auxerant,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 55, § 138:

tenuis et obaeratus,

Suet. Caes. 46:

Regulus,

Plin. Ep. 2, 20, 13.—With gen.:

tenuis opum,

Sil. 6, 19.—

Trop.

Fine, nice, delicate, subtle, exact (syn.:

elegans, subtilis): tenuis et acuta distinctio,

Cic. Ac. 2, 14, 43; cf.:

tenues autem differentias (praecepta) habent,

Sen. Ep. 94, 35:

(oratores) tenues, acuti,

Cic. Or. 5, 20; so,

orator,

id. ib. 24, 81; Quint. 12, 10, 21:

aures,

Lucr. 4, 913:

cura,

Ov. P. 4, 6, 37:

Athenae,

elegant, Mart. 6, 64, 17:

rationes latiore specie, non ad tenue limatae,

Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 66:

textum dicendi,

Quint. 10, 1, 64.— Subst.: tĕnŭe, is, n., that which is subtle (opp. comprehensibile), Lact. 7, 4, 12.—

Transf. (acc. to I. B.), weak, trifling, insignificant, mean, low:

cum tenuissimā valetudine esset,

weak, feeble, delicate, Caes. B. G. 5, 40:

tenuis atque infirmus animus,

id. B. C. 1, 32:

ingenium (opp. forte),

Quint. 10, 2, 19:

tenuis et angusta ingeni vena,

id. 6, 2, 3: tenuis exsanguisque sermo, Cic. de Or. 1, 13, 57; Quint. 8, 3, 18:

in ininimis tenuissimisque rebus labi,

Cic. de Or. 1, 37, 169:

tenuissimarum rerum jura,

id. Caecin. 12, 34:

artificium perquam tenue et leve,

id. de Or. 1, 28, 129:

grammatica, ars tenuis ac jejuna,

Quint. 1, 4, 5:

inanis et tenuis spes,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 14, 43; cf.:

spes tenuior,

id. Att. 3, 19, 2:

suspitio,

id. Caecin. 15, 43:

causa tenuis et inops,

id. Fam. 9, 12, 2:

curae,

Verg. G. 1, 177:

gloria,

id. ib. 4, 6:

damnum,

Tac. A. 12, 39:

negotia paulo ad dicendum tenuiora,

Quint. 12, 9, 8:

nec sua plus debet tenui Verona Catullo,

i. e. to the author of trifling, amorous lays, Mart. 10, 103, 5; v. tenuo, II. —

Esp., of rank, standing, etc., low, inferior, common:

tenuiores,

men of lower rank, the lower orders, Cic. Leg. 3, 10, 24; cf.:

tenuis L. Virginius unusque de multis,

id. Fin. 2, 20, 66:

tenuissimus quisque,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 47, § 123:

homines,

id. Mur. 34, 70; cf.:

commoti animi tenuiorum,

id. ib. 23, 47:

si obscuri erunt aut tenues,

id. Part. Or. 34, 117:

qui tenuioris ordinis essent,

id. Leg. 3, 13, 30:

adulescentes tenui loco orti,

Liv. 2, 3, 2. — Hence, adv.: tĕnŭĭter.

Lit.

Thinly:

alutae tenuiter confectae,

Caes. B. G. 3, 13.—

Indifferently, poorly: Da. Quid rei gerit? Ge. Sic, tenuiter. Da. Non multum habet, Quod det, etc., Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 95.—

Trop.

Finely, acutely, exactly, subtilely:

tenuiter disserere,

Cic. Or. 14, 46:

tenuiter multa, multa sublimiter tenere,

Plin. Ep. 4, 27, 1:

scribere (with argute),

id. ib. 6, 21, 4:

tenuiter et argute multa disserit,

Gell. 6, 2, 6.— Comp.:

illae (argumentationes) tenuius et acutius et subtilius tractantur,

Cic. Inv. 2, 16, 51.—

Lightly, slightly, superficially:

mihi nimium tenuiter Siculorum erga te voluntatis argumenta colligere videor,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 65, § 157; Auct. Her. 3, 8, 15; 4, 36, 48.— Sup.:

tenuissime aestimare,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 16, § 35.

1) Biology: sharp-toothed

2) Botanical term: argute, sharp-toothed (лат. acmodontus)

1) General subject: acidy, acrid (на вкус), acuate, acute, argute, arrowy, as sharp as a needle, biting, bristling, critical, cultrate, cutting, delicate, eager (на вкус), edgy, exquisite (об ощущении), fine, griping, high seasoned, high-seasoned, hot, incisive, keen, knife edged, knife-edged, nice, nippy, nutty, oblique, penetrating (о взгляде и т. п.), peppery, piercing, piquant (о блюде), poignant, pointed, pungent, quick (о зрении, слухе, уме), racy, salt (о речи, замечании), savory, savoury, severe (о боли), sharp (о зрении, слухе и т. п.), sharp as a needle, smart (о боли, чувстве), speary, spicy, splitting, stabbing, stinging, strong, subtile (об уме, замечании и т. п.), subtle (об уме, замечании и т. п.), tangy, vinegary, violent, wicked, zestful, zesty, heated, pointy

2) Geology: acuminate, picked, steep (о кристаллах)

3) Biology: pungent (о вкусе, запахе)

4) Medicine: fulgurant (о боли), lancinating, peracute, quick (о зрении или о слухе), terebrant (о боли), terebrating (о боли), acutus

5) Colloquial: spicey

6) Obsolete: perceant

7) Poetical language: trenchant

8) Latin: acer

9) Engineering: acicular, edged

10) Rare: aciform

11) Chemistry: live

12) Mathematics: oblique (об угле), spike

13) Australian slang: toey

14) Mining: gritstone, gritty

15) Gastronomy: condimental, devil, devil's

16) Special term: cultriform

17) Makarov: acute (напр. о приступе болезни), acute (о боли), acute (о приступе болезни, о боли), as sharp as needle, barbed, bright, burning, clipping, delicate (о слухе), edging, lancinating (о боли), lively (об уме и т.п.), poignant (о боли), racy (о запахе и т.п.), racy (о наслаждении), racy (о сыре и т.п.), salty, sore, steep (о кристалле)

18) Emotional: charged

19) Taboo: fell, glare

1) General subject: acute, argute, as sharp as a needle, astucious, astute, clairvoyant, clear eyed, clear-eyed, clear-sighted, discerning, discriminating, discriminative, eagle eyed, eagle sighted, eagle-eyed, eagle-sighted, gash, gleg, heart searching, heart-searching, incisive, keen (ум, взгляд), knowing, long-headed, longheaded, penetrant, penetrating, penetrative, percipient, perspicacious, piercing, poignant, politic (о человеке), prespicacious, quick sighted, quick-sighted, sagacious, searching, sharp, sharp as a needle, sharp eyed, sharp sighted, sharp witted, sharp-eyed, sharp-sighted, sharp-witted, shrewd, smart, subtile, subtle, sharp mind, brisk, clearsighted

2) Colloquial: quick on the uptake

3) American: wise

4) Rare: distinctive

5) Jargon: George, on target, slick, no flies on

6) Advertising: insightful

7) Makarov: as sharp as needle, perceptive, trenchant

8) Archaic: cute

1) General subject: abrupt, acerb, acerbic, acrid (о характере), acute, acute (об ощущениях), ajar, argute, biting, bitter (о ветре), bluff, bluffy, blunt, bow-wow, broad, brusque, clipping, cracked, cracked (о голосе), crusty (о человеке и т. п.), curt, cutting, doggish, glaring, grating, gruff, gruffy, hard (для слуха, глаза), hard edge, hard-mouthed, harsh, hasty, high, high-pitched (о звуке, голосе), hoarse, incisive, intemperate, jarring (о звуке, ноте), keen, loud (о критике), nipping (о ветре), nippy (о ветре), penetrating, penetrative, penetrative (о звуке), piercing, pipy, poignant (о боли), point blank, point-blank, pointed, pungent, rasping, raspy, rough (о звуке), round, rude, rugged, scathing, screaming, screamy, screechy, severe, sharp (о боли, звуке, ветре), short, short spoken, short-spoken, shrewd, shrill, slashing, smacking (о ветре), smart (об ударе, боли), snappish, snappy, snippy, spadish, strident, strong, tangy, tart (об ответе, возражении и т. п.), tin pan, tin-pan, trenchant, truculent, vehement, vinegarish, vinegary, vitriolic, whing, rough and ready (Our new neighbor is a big man with rough and ready manners. Наш новый сосед крупный мужчина с резкими манерами.), (о критике) fierce, stridency, precipitous

2) Medicine: acute (о боле), raucous, stridulous

3) Obsolete: eager

4) Poetical language: shrilly

5) Engineering: sudden

6) Rare: brief, rusty

7) Mathematics: pronounced

8) Australian slang: barber, zip

9) Automobile industry: hairpin (о повороте дороги)

10) Diplomatic term: well-marked

11) Painting: hard-edge (об абстрактной живописи)

12) Oil: dramatic (подъем, спад)

13) Perfume: aggressive

14) Ecology: bleak (о ветре)

15) Business: violent

16) Quality control: dramatic (об улучшении)

17) Sakhalin R: dramatic (подъём, спад)

18) Makarov: abrasive (о тоне, замечании и т.п.), acute (о боли), brazen (о звуке и т.п.), clean-cut (о разделении фракций), close-cut, drastic, harsh (на вкус, на слух и т.п.), harsh (о выражениях и т.п.), harsh (о движении, действии и т.п.), harsh (о климате и т.п.), rude (о звуке), rugged (на слух), searching, squally (о ветре)

19) Hi-Fi. edge (описание характера звучания кратковременных музыкальных событий, таких как атака ударных инструментов)

1) General subject: Jesuitic, Jesuitical, arch, argute, artful, as tricky as a monkey, astute, cagey, canny, cattish, catty, crafty, cunning, cute, deep, designing, devious, disingenuous, dodgy, downy, fly, foxlike, foxy, furtive, guileful, hard-headed, hardhead, hardheaded, ingenious, insidious, knowing, leer, long-headed, longheaded, loopy, pawky, pixieish, pixyish, politic, serpentine, sharp, shifting, shifty, shrewd, shuffling, sinuated, sinuous, sleeky, slick, slim, sly, sneaky, subtile, trickish, tricky, underhand, underhanded, vulpine, vulpine (как лиса), wide awake, wily, subtle, callid

2) Zoology: feline

3) Colloquial: lairy, leary, leery, wide-awake

4) Dialect: varmint

5) American: coony, wise

6) Obsolete: cannie

7) Rare: subdolous, versute

8) Jargon: cagy, chicken, crazy, wide, swift, greasy

9) Makarov: crazy as a fox, crazy like a fox, crazy like as a fox, shifting centre, smart, smart (о механизме)

10) Archaic: varment

adj. sharp, long, narrow, argute, trenchant, edgy, precise, tart, well turned, cutting, caustic, acid, peppery, acrid, acrimonious, biting, mordant, mordacious, severe, shrewd, shrill, stringent, waspish, pungent, poignant, pointed, acuminate, peaked

adv. stringently, pungently, sharp, sharply, precisely, acidly, poignantly

n. razor edge

• acute

• argute

• astute

• excruciating

• High-Performance Computing Act

• high-pitched laughter

• ingeminate

• ingeniously

• intense

• keen

• penetrating

• quick-witted

• severe

• witty

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acrid

acute

argute

bluff

edgy

gabled

keen

lancinating

piercing

poignant

point-blank

pointed

quick

ridged

ridgy

sharp

spiky

trenchant

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acrid

acute

argute

arrowy

biting

bluff

bristling

delicate

eager

edgy

fine

keen

lancinating

nice

penetrating

peppery

piercing

poignant

point-blank

pointed

quick

racy

sharp

sharp-cut

spicy

splitting

subtle

trenchant

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acute

argute

ear-piercing

high-pitched

keen

penetrating

penetrative

piercing

reedy

searching

shrill

shrilling

shrills

splitting

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acute

argute

astute

keen

long-headed

penetrating

penetrative

perspicacious

piercing

poignant

politic

quick-sighted

sagacious

shrewd

subtle

acrid

acute

argute

bluff

edgy

keen

lancinating

piercing

poignant

point-blank

pointed

quick

sharp

trenchant

acrid

acute

argute

bluff

edgy

keen

lancinating

piercing

poignant

point-blank

pointed

quick

sharp

trenchant