at-tĕnŭo

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tĕnŭo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [tenuis], to make thin, slender, meagre, fine, rare; to dilute, rarefy, attenuate, etc. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose; syn.: rarefacio, minuo).

Lit.:

assiduo vomer tenuatur ab usu,

Ov. P. 2, 7, 43:

hoc (tempus) tenuat dentem aratri,

id. Tr. 4, 6, 13:

sol matutinum aëra spissum et umidum ortu suo tenuat,

Sen. Q. N. 5, 3, 2; so,

aëra,

to rarefy, Stat. Th. 1, 338:

auras,

Ov. M. 14, 399:

ipsā autem macie tenuant armenta volentes,

make lean, Verg. G. 3, 129:

tenuatum corpus,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 84:

corpus parvo victu tenuatum,

Tac. A. 15, 63:

exiles videor tenuatus in artus,

Prop. 2, 22 (3, 15), 21:

se in undas,

to dissolve into water, Ov. A. A. 1, 761; so,

artus in undas,

id. M. 15, 551; cf.:

tenuatus in auras, Aëraque umor abit,

id. ib. 15, 246:

vocis via est tenuata,

narrowed, contracted, id. ib. 14, 498:

flumina per multos rivos,

id. R. Am. 445:

chartam interpolatione,

Plin. 13, 12, 23, § 75:

adipes,

Quint. 2, 10, 6:

luna quater plenum tenuata retexuit orbem,

i. e. waning, Ov. M. 7, 531: ne ad [p. 1857] spadonum exilitatem vox nostra tenuetur, Quint. 11, 3, 19; so,

vocem,

id. 11, 3, 32.—

Trop., to make small or trifling, to lessen, diminish, reduce, weaken, enfeeble:

utque meae famam tenuent oblivia culpae,

Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 65:

iram,

id. H. 20, 73:

vires amoris,

id. M. 5, 374:

magna modis tenuare parvis,

to lessen, degrade, Hor. C. 3, 3, 72:

gesta tanti viri enumerando,

Pac. Pan. ad Theod. 5; Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 127:

dicite, quo pariter carmen tenuastis in antro,

have spun out a slight elegiac poem, Prop. 3 (4), 1, 5; cf.:

Maximo carmen tenuare tanto,

Stat. S. 4, 7, 2; v. tenuis, II. B.

at-tĕnŭo ( adt-, Lachm., Merk., Weissenb.; att-, Kayser, K. and H., L. Müller), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to make thin or weak; to thin, attenuate; to weaken, enfeeble; to lessen, diminish.

Lit.: aëna Signa manus dextras ostendunt adtenuari Saepe salutantūm tactu, * Lucr. 1, 317 (cf.:

attritum mentum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43):

bellum (servile) exspectatione Pompeii attenuatum atque imminutum est, adventu sublatum ac sepultum,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 11, 30:

legio proeliis attenuata,

Caes. B. C. 3, 89:

diutino morbo viribus admodum adtenuatis,

Liv. 39, 49; 25, 11:

fame attenuari,

Vulg. Job, 18, 12; ib. Jer. 14, 18:

macie attenuari,

ib. 2 Reg. 13, 4:

sortes adtenuatae,

diminished, Liv. 21, 62:

foliorum exilitate usque in fila attenuatā,

Plin. 21, 6, 16, § 30:

(lingua) attenuans lambendo cutem homines,

id. 11, 37, 65, § 172 al.:

Non falx attenuat frondatorum arboris umbram,

Cat. 64, 41:

adtenuant juvenum vigilatae corpora noctes,

Ov. A. A. 1, 735 (cf. infra, P. a.):

patrias opes,

id. M. 8, 844; so id. P. 4, 5, 38.—

Trop.:

curas lyrā,

Ov. Tr. 4, 1, 16; 4, 6, 18:

luctus,

Albin. ad Liv. 342:

insignem attenuat deus,

brings low, abases, Hor. C. 1, 34, 13:

attenuabit omnes deos terrae,

Vulg. Soph. 2, 11: hujusmodi partes sunt virtutis amplificandae, si suadebimus; attenuandae, si ab his dehortabimur, Auct. ad. Her. 3, 3, 6:

attenuabitur gloria Jacob,

Vulg. Isa. 17, 4.—Hence, attĕnŭātus ( adt-), a, um, P. a., enfeebled, weakened, reduced, weak.

Lit.:

adtenuatus amore,

Ov. M. 3, 489: continuatione laborum, August. ap. Suet. Tib. 21: fortuna rei familiaris attenuatissima, Auct. ad Her. 4, 41:

voce paululum attenuatā,

with a voice a little suppressed, id. ib. 3, 14:

acuta atque attenuata nimis acclamatio,

id. ib. 12, 21.— Comp. not in use. — Sup.: fortunae familiares attenuatissimae, Auct. ad Her. 4, 41, 53.—

Trop.

Feeble, destitute, poor (eccl. Lat.):

Siattenuatus frater tuus vendiderit etc.,

Vulg. Lev. 25, 25; 25, 35; 25, 47; ib. 2 Esdr. 5, 18. —

Esp., of discourse.

Shortened, brief: ipsa illa [pro Roscio] juvenilis redundantia [p. 195] multa habet attenuata, Cic. Or. 30, 108.—

Too much refined, affected:

itaque ejus oratio nimiā religione attenuata doctis et attente audientibus erat illustris,

hence his discourse was so delicately formed, through excessive scrupulousness, Cic. Brut. 82.—

Meagre, dry, without ornament: attenuata (oratio) est, quae demissa est usque ad usitatissimam puri sermonis consuetudinem, Auct. ad Her. 4, 8:

attenuata verborum constructio,

id. ib. 4, 10, 15.—

* Adv.: at-tenuātē, simply:

attenuate presseque dicere,

Cic. Brut. 55, 201.

at-tĕnŭo ( adt-, Lachm., Merk., Weissenb.; att-, Kayser, K. and H., L. Müller), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to make thin or weak; to thin, attenuate; to weaken, enfeeble; to lessen, diminish.

Lit.: aëna Signa manus dextras ostendunt adtenuari Saepe salutantūm tactu, * Lucr. 1, 317 (cf.:

attritum mentum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43):

bellum (servile) exspectatione Pompeii attenuatum atque imminutum est, adventu sublatum ac sepultum,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 11, 30:

legio proeliis attenuata,

Caes. B. C. 3, 89:

diutino morbo viribus admodum adtenuatis,

Liv. 39, 49; 25, 11:

fame attenuari,

Vulg. Job, 18, 12; ib. Jer. 14, 18:

macie attenuari,

ib. 2 Reg. 13, 4:

sortes adtenuatae,

diminished, Liv. 21, 62:

foliorum exilitate usque in fila attenuatā,

Plin. 21, 6, 16, § 30:

(lingua) attenuans lambendo cutem homines,

id. 11, 37, 65, § 172 al.:

Non falx attenuat frondatorum arboris umbram,

Cat. 64, 41:

adtenuant juvenum vigilatae corpora noctes,

Ov. A. A. 1, 735 (cf. infra, P. a.):

patrias opes,

id. M. 8, 844; so id. P. 4, 5, 38.—

Trop.:

curas lyrā,

Ov. Tr. 4, 1, 16; 4, 6, 18:

luctus,

Albin. ad Liv. 342:

insignem attenuat deus,

brings low, abases, Hor. C. 1, 34, 13:

attenuabit omnes deos terrae,

Vulg. Soph. 2, 11: hujusmodi partes sunt virtutis amplificandae, si suadebimus; attenuandae, si ab his dehortabimur, Auct. ad. Her. 3, 3, 6:

attenuabitur gloria Jacob,

Vulg. Isa. 17, 4.—Hence, attĕnŭātus ( adt-), a, um, P. a., enfeebled, weakened, reduced, weak.

Lit.:

adtenuatus amore,

Ov. M. 3, 489: continuatione laborum, August. ap. Suet. Tib. 21: fortuna rei familiaris attenuatissima, Auct. ad Her. 4, 41:

voce paululum attenuatā,

with a voice a little suppressed, id. ib. 3, 14:

acuta atque attenuata nimis acclamatio,

id. ib. 12, 21.— Comp. not in use. — Sup.: fortunae familiares attenuatissimae, Auct. ad Her. 4, 41, 53.—

Trop.

Feeble, destitute, poor (eccl. Lat.):

Siattenuatus frater tuus vendiderit etc.,

Vulg. Lev. 25, 25; 25, 35; 25, 47; ib. 2 Esdr. 5, 18. —

Esp., of discourse.

Shortened, brief: ipsa illa [pro Roscio] juvenilis redundantia [p. 195] multa habet attenuata, Cic. Or. 30, 108.—

Too much refined, affected:

itaque ejus oratio nimiā religione attenuata doctis et attente audientibus erat illustris,

hence his discourse was so delicately formed, through excessive scrupulousness, Cic. Brut. 82.—

Meagre, dry, without ornament: attenuata (oratio) est, quae demissa est usque ad usitatissimam puri sermonis consuetudinem, Auct. ad Her. 4, 8:

attenuata verborum constructio,

id. ib. 4, 10, 15.—

* Adv.: at-tenuātē, simply:

attenuate presseque dicere,

Cic. Brut. 55, 201.

ex-tĕnŭo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to make thin, fine, or small, to thin, reduce, diminish (class.; syn.: attenuo, minuo; opp. augeo, amplifico).

Lit.:

lignum falce,

Varr. R. R. 1, 40, 6:

aër extenuatus sublime fertur,

rarefied, Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 101:

dentibus extenuatur et molitur cibus,

id. ib. 2, 54, 134:

in pulverem extenuari,

Plin. 18, 16, 43, § 148:

in aquas,

Ov. M. 5, 429:

mediam aciem,

Liv. 5, 38, 2; 31, 21, 14:

in Piceno lapidibus pluisse et Caere sortes extenuatas,

diminished, id. 21, 62, 5 Drak. (for which, shortly after: attenuatae sortes; cf. also id. 22, 1, 11).—

In partic., in medic. lang., to diminish, reduce, weaken, alleviate a disease:

pituitam,

Cels. 6, 6, 8:

destillationes,

Plin. 21, 21, 89, § 155:

albugines,

id. 29, 6, 38, § 127:

raucitatem,

id. 20, 6, 23, § 50:

scabiem,

id. 32, 10, 51, § 140 et saep.—

Trop., to diminish, lessen, weaken:

neque verbis auget suum munus, sed etiam extenuat,

Cic. Off. 2, 20, 70:

locupletissimi cujusque census extenuarant, tenuissimi auxerant,

had made too small, id. Verr. 2, 2, 55, § 138:

spes nostra extenuatur et evanescit,

id. Att. 3, 13, 1:

quae cogitatio molestias extenuat et diluit,

id. Tusc. 3, 16, 34:

crimen,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 40, § 108:

famam belli,

Liv. 5, 37, 3:

extenua forti mala corde ferendo,

Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 57:

curas mora longa,

id. P. 1, 3, 26:

vires,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 14 et saep.—Hence, extĕnŭātus, a, um, P. a., thinned, weakened, weak.

Lit.: (copiolae meae) sunt extenuatissimae, very much thinned, reduced, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, 2.—

Trop.:

ratio,

Auct. Her. 2, 24, 37.

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.