boys from

brācātus, a, um, adj. [id.].

Wearing trowsers or breeches.

A gen. epithet for foreign, barbarian, effeminate:

sic existimatis eos hic sagatos bracatosque versari,

Cic. Font. 15, 33 (11, 23):

nationes,

id. Fam. 9, 15, 2:

miles,

Prop. 3 (4), 4, 17:

turba Getarum,

Ov. Tr. 4, 6, 47 Jahn:

Medi,

Pers. 3, 53.—

As a geog. designation of the land and the people beyond the Alps, = transalpinus, in distinction from togatus (q. v.):

Gallia Bracata, afterwards called Gallia Narbonensis,

Mel. 2, 5, 1; Plin. 3, 4, 5, § 31; cf.:

bracatis et Transalpinis nationibus,

Cic. Fam. 9, 15, 2.—Hence, sarcastically:

O bracatae cognationis dedecus (kindr. with the people of Gallia Bracata, through his maternal grandfather, Calventius),

Cic. Pis. 23, 53: bracatorum pueri, boys from Gallia Narbonensis, Juv. 8, 234.—

In gen., wearing broad garments:

Satarchae totum bracati corpus,

Mel. 2, 1, 10.

nāvālis, e, adj. [navis], of or belonging to ships, ship-, naval:

pedestres navalesve pugnae,

Cic. Sen. 5, 13; Liv. 26, 51, 6:

bellum,

id. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28:

apparatus,

id. Att. 10, 8, 3:

disciplina et gloria navalis,

id. Imp. Pomp. 18, 54:

fuga,

by sea, Plin. 7, 45, 46, § 148:

proelium,

Gell. 10, 6, 2:

castra,

to protect the ships drawn up on land, Caes. B. G. 5, 22:

in classe acieque navali esse,

Liv. 26, 51, 8 Weissenb.:

forma,

the shape of a ship, Ov. F. 1, 229: corona, a naval crown, as the reward of a naval victory, Verg. A. 8, 684; cf.: navali coronā solet donari, qui primus in hostium navem armatus transilierit, Paul. ex Fest. p. 163 Müll.; so,

navali cinctus honore caput,

Ov. A. A. 3, 392:

navali surgentes aere columnae,

made of the brass from the beaks of captured ships, Verg. G. 3, 29:

arbor,

fit for ship-building, Plin. 13, 9, 17, § 61:

stagnum,

a basin in which to exhibit mock sea-fights, Tac. A. 4, 15:

navalis Phoebus, so called because hegranted the victory at Actium,

Prop. 4 (5), 1, 3; v. Actius and Actiacus: socii, sailors, seamen (chosen from the freedmen of the colonists and allies, and also from those of the colonists and allies themselves who had been in slavery; they were bound to a longer period of service and were of lower rank than the land troops; cf. Liv. 36, 2; 40, 18; 21, 50):

postero die militibus navalibusque sociis convocatis,

id. 26, 48; 26, 17; 32, 23; 26, 35;

24, 11.—Sometimes the socii navales are distinguished from the seamen,

Liv. 37, 10:

navales pedes, contemptuously,

galley-slaves, Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 75. (Others understand by this expression ship-servants, cabin-boys. Non. 381, 393, calls the oars themselves navales pedes).—

Duumviri navales,

two commissaries who were charged with the repairing and fitting out of a fleet, Liv. 9, 30; 40, 18; 26: navalis scriba, a ship's scribe or secretary, Paul. ex Fest. p. 169 Müll.—

Subst.: nāvā-le, is, n. (in sing. only poet.), and nāvā-lĭa, ium, n. ( gen. plur. navaliorum, Vitr. 5, 127; Inscr. Orell. 3627).

A place where ships were built and repaired, a dock, dockyard (cf.:

statio, portus): navalia, portus, aquarum ductus, etc.,

Cic. Off. 2, 17, 60:

de navalium opere,

id. de Or. 1, 14, 62:

deripientque rates alii navalibus,

Verg. A. 4, 593; Ov. M. 11, 455.—In sing., haud aliter quam si siccum navale teneret (puppis), Ov. M. 3, 661; id. H. 18, 207.—Esp. of the place in Rome, across the Tiber, where the dock-yards were situated, Liv. 3, 26; 8, 14, 12; 40, 51 et saep.—Near them was the Navalis porta, Paul. ex Fest. p. 178 Müll.—

The requisites for fitting out a ship, [p. 1192] tackling, rigging, Liv. 45, 23, 5; Verg. A. 11, 329; Plin. 16, 11, 21, § 52.

nāvālis, e, adj. [navis], of or belonging to ships, ship-, naval:

pedestres navalesve pugnae,

Cic. Sen. 5, 13; Liv. 26, 51, 6:

bellum,

id. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28:

apparatus,

id. Att. 10, 8, 3:

disciplina et gloria navalis,

id. Imp. Pomp. 18, 54:

fuga,

by sea, Plin. 7, 45, 46, § 148:

proelium,

Gell. 10, 6, 2:

castra,

to protect the ships drawn up on land, Caes. B. G. 5, 22:

in classe acieque navali esse,

Liv. 26, 51, 8 Weissenb.:

forma,

the shape of a ship, Ov. F. 1, 229: corona, a naval crown, as the reward of a naval victory, Verg. A. 8, 684; cf.: navali coronā solet donari, qui primus in hostium navem armatus transilierit, Paul. ex Fest. p. 163 Müll.; so,

navali cinctus honore caput,

Ov. A. A. 3, 392:

navali surgentes aere columnae,

made of the brass from the beaks of captured ships, Verg. G. 3, 29:

arbor,

fit for ship-building, Plin. 13, 9, 17, § 61:

stagnum,

a basin in which to exhibit mock sea-fights, Tac. A. 4, 15:

navalis Phoebus, so called because hegranted the victory at Actium,

Prop. 4 (5), 1, 3; v. Actius and Actiacus: socii, sailors, seamen (chosen from the freedmen of the colonists and allies, and also from those of the colonists and allies themselves who had been in slavery; they were bound to a longer period of service and were of lower rank than the land troops; cf. Liv. 36, 2; 40, 18; 21, 50):

postero die militibus navalibusque sociis convocatis,

id. 26, 48; 26, 17; 32, 23; 26, 35;

24, 11.—Sometimes the socii navales are distinguished from the seamen,

Liv. 37, 10:

navales pedes, contemptuously,

galley-slaves, Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 75. (Others understand by this expression ship-servants, cabin-boys. Non. 381, 393, calls the oars themselves navales pedes).—

Duumviri navales,

two commissaries who were charged with the repairing and fitting out of a fleet, Liv. 9, 30; 40, 18; 26: navalis scriba, a ship's scribe or secretary, Paul. ex Fest. p. 169 Müll.—

Subst.: nāvā-le, is, n. (in sing. only poet.), and nāvā-lĭa, ium, n. ( gen. plur. navaliorum, Vitr. 5, 127; Inscr. Orell. 3627).

A place where ships were built and repaired, a dock, dockyard (cf.:

statio, portus): navalia, portus, aquarum ductus, etc.,

Cic. Off. 2, 17, 60:

de navalium opere,

id. de Or. 1, 14, 62:

deripientque rates alii navalibus,

Verg. A. 4, 593; Ov. M. 11, 455.—In sing., haud aliter quam si siccum navale teneret (puppis), Ov. M. 3, 661; id. H. 18, 207.—Esp. of the place in Rome, across the Tiber, where the dock-yards were situated, Liv. 3, 26; 8, 14, 12; 40, 51 et saep.—Near them was the Navalis porta, Paul. ex Fest. p. 178 Müll.—

The requisites for fitting out a ship, [p. 1192] tackling, rigging, Liv. 45, 23, 5; Verg. A. 11, 329; Plin. 16, 11, 21, § 52.

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nundĭnus, a, um, adj. [novem-dies], of or belonging to nine days; hence, subst.

Nundĭna, ae, f. (sc. dea), the goddess who presided over the purification and naming of infants, which took place in the case of boys on the ninth and in that of girls on the eighth day after birth, Macr. S. 1, 16, 36.—

nundĭnae, ārum (sing. collat. form nundĭna, ae, Sid. Ep. 7, 5), f., the ninth day, i. e. the market-day, the weekly market; denoting the time, the place, and the business (on market-days the country people came into the city for the purpose of buying and selling, and of attending to public and religious affairs): nundinas feriatum diem esse voluerunt antiqui, ut rustici convenirent mercandi vendendique causā: eumque nefastum, ne, si liceret cum populo agi, interpellarentur nundinatores, Paul. ex Fest. p. 173 Müll.; cf.:

Rutilius scribit, Romanos instituisse nundinas, ut octo quidem diebus in agris rustici opus facerent, nono autem die, intermisso rure, ad mercatum Legesque accipiendas Romam venirent,

Macr. S. 1, 16, § 34:

annum ita diviserunt, ut nonis modo diebus urbanas res usurparent, reliquis VII. ut rura colerent,

Varr. R. R. 2 praef. § 1: erat in eo ipso loco nundinarum panêguris, Cic. Att. 1, 14, 1:

illi Capuam nundinas rusticorum, horreum Campani agri esse voluerunt,

id. Agr. 2, 33, 89; Plin. 28, 2, 5, § 28; 18, 3, 3, § 13:

farris pretium in trinis nundinis ad assem redegit,

id. 18, 3, 4, § 15.—

Trop., trade, traffic, sale:

totius rei publicae nundinae,

Cic. Phil. 5, 4, 11; cf.:

vectigalium flagitiosissimae nundinae,

id. ib. 2, 14, 35.—

nundĭnum, i, n., the markettime, for the most part only in the connection inter nundinum, the time between two nundinae, and trinum nundinum, the time of three nundinae, or at least seventeen days (reckoned from the first market-day to the third, inclusive; it was necessary that this period should expire before a bill could be put to the vote. Macr. S. 1, 16, § 34): si nihil gustat inter nundinum, Lucil. ap. Non. 214, 28:

quoties priscus homo ac rusticus Romanus inter nundinum barbam radebat,

Varr. ib. 214, 30; 32:

postquam comitia decemviris creandis in trinum nundinum indicta sunt,

on the third market-day, Liv. 3, 35:

rogatio sive non trino forte nundino promulgata sive non idoneo die,

Quint. 2, 4, 35:

quod in ceteris legibus trinum nundinum esse oportet,

Cic. Dom. 16, 41:

primo nundino,

Lampr. Alex. Sev. 28.—

The duration of the consulship, under the emperors ( = two months), Vop. Tac. 9; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 43.

nundĭnus, a, um, adj. [novem-dies], of or belonging to nine days; hence, subst.

Nundĭna, ae, f. (sc. dea), the goddess who presided over the purification and naming of infants, which took place in the case of boys on the ninth and in that of girls on the eighth day after birth, Macr. S. 1, 16, 36.—

nundĭnae, ārum (sing. collat. form nundĭna, ae, Sid. Ep. 7, 5), f., the ninth day, i. e. the market-day, the weekly market; denoting the time, the place, and the business (on market-days the country people came into the city for the purpose of buying and selling, and of attending to public and religious affairs): nundinas feriatum diem esse voluerunt antiqui, ut rustici convenirent mercandi vendendique causā: eumque nefastum, ne, si liceret cum populo agi, interpellarentur nundinatores, Paul. ex Fest. p. 173 Müll.; cf.:

Rutilius scribit, Romanos instituisse nundinas, ut octo quidem diebus in agris rustici opus facerent, nono autem die, intermisso rure, ad mercatum Legesque accipiendas Romam venirent,

Macr. S. 1, 16, § 34:

annum ita diviserunt, ut nonis modo diebus urbanas res usurparent, reliquis VII. ut rura colerent,

Varr. R. R. 2 praef. § 1: erat in eo ipso loco nundinarum panêguris, Cic. Att. 1, 14, 1:

illi Capuam nundinas rusticorum, horreum Campani agri esse voluerunt,

id. Agr. 2, 33, 89; Plin. 28, 2, 5, § 28; 18, 3, 3, § 13:

farris pretium in trinis nundinis ad assem redegit,

id. 18, 3, 4, § 15.—

Trop., trade, traffic, sale:

totius rei publicae nundinae,

Cic. Phil. 5, 4, 11; cf.:

vectigalium flagitiosissimae nundinae,

id. ib. 2, 14, 35.—

nundĭnum, i, n., the markettime, for the most part only in the connection inter nundinum, the time between two nundinae, and trinum nundinum, the time of three nundinae, or at least seventeen days (reckoned from the first market-day to the third, inclusive; it was necessary that this period should expire before a bill could be put to the vote. Macr. S. 1, 16, § 34): si nihil gustat inter nundinum, Lucil. ap. Non. 214, 28:

quoties priscus homo ac rusticus Romanus inter nundinum barbam radebat,

Varr. ib. 214, 30; 32:

postquam comitia decemviris creandis in trinum nundinum indicta sunt,

on the third market-day, Liv. 3, 35:

rogatio sive non trino forte nundino promulgata sive non idoneo die,

Quint. 2, 4, 35:

quod in ceteris legibus trinum nundinum esse oportet,

Cic. Dom. 16, 41:

primo nundino,

Lampr. Alex. Sev. 28.—

The duration of the consulship, under the emperors ( = two months), Vop. Tac. 9; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 43.

pŭĕrīlis, e, adj. [puer].

Lit., boyish, childish, youthful (class.):

puerili specie, senili prudentiā,

Cic. Div. 2, 23, 50:

aetas,

id. Arch. 3, 4; cf.

tempus,

Ov. M. 6, 719:

disciplina,

Cic. N. D. 1, 26, 72; id. Rep. 4, 3, 3:

institutio,

id. de Or. 2, 1, 1:

doctrina,

id. ib. 3, 31, 125; Quint. 1, 1, 9:

delectatio,

Cic. Fin. 1, 21, 72:

regnum,

Liv. 1, 3:

blanditiae,

Ov. M. 6, 626:

manus,

Cels. 3, 27, 3:

ostrum,

the prœtexta, Stat. S. 5, 2, 66:

agmen,

a troop of boys, Verg. A. 5, 548.—In distinction from virgineus:

(faciem) virgineam in puero, puerilem in virgine possis (dicere),

boyish, Ov. M. 8, 323.—

In partic., in mal. part.:

officium,

Plaut. Cist. 4, 1, 5:

supplicium,

Mart. 2, 60, 2; and absol. puerile, id. 9, 67, 3; cf.:

puerile obtulit corollarium,

App. M. 3, p. 138, 13; Hyg. Fab. 189.—

Transf., boyish, childish, puerile, trivial, silly (rare but class.):

acta illa res est animo virili, consilio puerili,

Cic. Att. 14, 21, 3:

sententia,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 56:

vota,

Ov. Tr. 3, 8, 11:

res (with insubidae, inertes),

Gell. 18, 8, 1:

isagogae,

id. 1, 2, 6:

puerile est,

Ter. And. 2, 6, 18.— Comp.:

si puerilius his ratio esse evincet amare,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 250. —Hence, adv.: pŭĕrīlĭtĕr, like a child:

ludentes,

Phaedr. 3, 8, 5:

blandiri,

Liv. 21, 1.—

Childishly, foolishly, sillily:

stultus,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 42; Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 19:

facere,

id. Ac. 2, 11, 33; 2, 17, 54; Tac. H. 4, 86.

tĕner, ĕra, ĕrum, adj. [v. teneo; cf. tenuis, and Sanscr. tanu], soft, delicate, tender (class.; cf. mollis).

Lit.

In gen.:

nihil est tam tenerum, neque tam flexibile neque quod tam facile sequatur quocumque ducas quam oratio,

Cic. de Or. 3, 45, 176; cf. id. Brut. 79, 274;

and v. II. infra): locus bipalio subactus siet beneque terra tenera siet,

Cato, R. R. 45, 1; cf.:

serito in loco, ubi terra tenerrima erit,

id. ib. 151, 2:

in tenero corpore,

Lucr. 3, 765:

procera et tenera palma,

Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 2:

radices harundinum,

Caes. B. C. 3, 58:

teneris arboribus incisis atque inflexis,

id. B. G. 2, 17:

cana legam tenerā lanugine mala,

Verg. E. 2, 51:

plantae,

id. ib. 10, 49:

caules,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 116:

gramen,

id. C. 4, 12, 9:

rami,

Ov. M. 2, 359:

uvae,

id. R. Am. 83:

prata tenerrima,

id. A. A. 1, 299:

aër,

thin, transparent, Lucr. 2, 145; Verg. A. 9, 699; Ov. M. 4, 616:

alvus,

Cels. 3, 18:

gallina,

tender, Hor. S. 2, 4, 20; cf.:

ferae tenuiores ad epulas,

Gell. 17, 15, 7:

caseus,

Prud. Cath. 3, 70:

Dianam tenerae dicite virgines,

Hor. C. 1, 21, 1; so,

virgines,

id. ib. 4, 1, 26:

conjux,

id. ib. 1, 1, 26 [p. 1855] Lycidas, id. ib. 1, 4, 19:

saltatores,

effeminate, Cic. Pis. 36, 89:

vestem Purpuream teneris quoque Maecenatibus aptam,

Juv. 12, 39:

spado,

id. 1, 22.—

In partic., of tender age, young: tener ipse etiam atque puellus, Lucil. ap. Prisc. p. 697 P.:

tener et rudis,

Cic. Leg. 1, 17, 47:

tener in cunis et sine voce puer,

Prop. 2, 6, 10:

(annus) tener et lactens puerique simillimus aevo Vere novo est,

Ov. M. 15, 201:

mares,

id. ib. 10, 84:

equis vetulis teneros anteponere solemus,

Cic. Lael. 19, 67:

grex,

Phaedr. 2, 4, 14:

vitulus,

Hor. C. 4, 2, 54:

haedus,

id. ib. 3, 18, 5:

tigres,

Val. Fl. 1, 491:

manes,

the shades of children, Stat. Th. 6, 121.—Of plants, tenerae res, Verg. G. 2, 343:

teneri anni,

youthful, tender, Plin. Pan. 15, 1; so,

teneriores anni (opp. ferociores),

Quint. 2, 2, 3:

aetates,

id. 1, 10, 34:

a teneris, ut Graeci dicunt, unguiculis,

i. e. from childhood, Cic. Fam. 1, 6, 2;

for which: de tenero ungui,

Hor. C. 3, 6, 24.— Absol.:

a tenero,

Quint. 1, 2, 18; cf.:

ut (plantae) eam partem caeli spectent, cui ab tenero consueverunt,

Col. 5, 6, 20. — Subst.: tĕnĕri, ōrum, m., the young, boys:

parcendum est teneris,

Juv. 14, 215; Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 59;

also: in teneris,

in early youth, Verg. G. 2, 272; Quint. 1, 3, 13.—

Trop.

In gen., soft, delicate, tender, etc.:

est naturale in animis tenerum quiddam atque molle,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 6, 12:

virtus est in amicitia tenera atque tractabilis,

id. Lael. 13, 48:

tenerior animus,

id. Fam. 5, 21, 3; cf.:

tenerae Mentes,

Hor. C. 3, 24, 52; so,

animi,

id. S. 1, 4, 128:

pudor,

Ov. H. 2, 143:

est oratio mollis et tenera et ita flexibilis, ut, etc.,

Cic. Or. 16, 52; cf. id. Brut. 9, 38; cf. I. supra init.; so,

versus,

Hor. A. P. 246; Ov. A. A. 2, 273:

carmen,

id. Am. 3, 8, 2.— Transf., of elegiac poets:

poëta,

Cat. 35, 1; Ov. R. Am. 757:

Propertius,

id. A. A. 3, 333:

molli tenerāque voce,

Quint. 11, 3, 23:

tenera delicataque modulandi voluptas,

id. 9, 4, 31 et saep.—

In partic., of youthful weakness, tender: tener animus (pueri), Anton. ap. Cic. Att. 14, 13, A, 3; cf.:

horum erroribus teneri statim et rudes animi imbuuntur,

Tac. Or. 29; so,

adhuc mentes,

Quint. 2, 4, 5.—Hence, adv., tenderly, delicately, softly.

tĕnĕrē (post-Aug.):

dicere,

Tac. Or. 26:

recitare,

Plin. Ep. 4, 27, 1:

diligere,

Vulg. Gen. 44, 20. — Comp.:

complosit manus,

Petr. 24.— Sup.:

derasus cortex,

Plin. 23, 3, 35, § 72.—

‡ tĕnĕrĭter, only once cited:

teneriter quidam efferunt, ut celeriter: alii vero tenere ut libere,

Charis. p. 162 P.

tĕner, ĕra, ĕrum, adj. [v. teneo; cf. tenuis, and Sanscr. tanu], soft, delicate, tender (class.; cf. mollis).

Lit.

In gen.:

nihil est tam tenerum, neque tam flexibile neque quod tam facile sequatur quocumque ducas quam oratio,

Cic. de Or. 3, 45, 176; cf. id. Brut. 79, 274;

and v. II. infra): locus bipalio subactus siet beneque terra tenera siet,

Cato, R. R. 45, 1; cf.:

serito in loco, ubi terra tenerrima erit,

id. ib. 151, 2:

in tenero corpore,

Lucr. 3, 765:

procera et tenera palma,

Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 2:

radices harundinum,

Caes. B. C. 3, 58:

teneris arboribus incisis atque inflexis,

id. B. G. 2, 17:

cana legam tenerā lanugine mala,

Verg. E. 2, 51:

plantae,

id. ib. 10, 49:

caules,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 116:

gramen,

id. C. 4, 12, 9:

rami,

Ov. M. 2, 359:

uvae,

id. R. Am. 83:

prata tenerrima,

id. A. A. 1, 299:

aër,

thin, transparent, Lucr. 2, 145; Verg. A. 9, 699; Ov. M. 4, 616:

alvus,

Cels. 3, 18:

gallina,

tender, Hor. S. 2, 4, 20; cf.:

ferae tenuiores ad epulas,

Gell. 17, 15, 7:

caseus,

Prud. Cath. 3, 70:

Dianam tenerae dicite virgines,

Hor. C. 1, 21, 1; so,

virgines,

id. ib. 4, 1, 26:

conjux,

id. ib. 1, 1, 26 [p. 1855] Lycidas, id. ib. 1, 4, 19:

saltatores,

effeminate, Cic. Pis. 36, 89:

vestem Purpuream teneris quoque Maecenatibus aptam,

Juv. 12, 39:

spado,

id. 1, 22.—

In partic., of tender age, young: tener ipse etiam atque puellus, Lucil. ap. Prisc. p. 697 P.:

tener et rudis,

Cic. Leg. 1, 17, 47:

tener in cunis et sine voce puer,

Prop. 2, 6, 10:

(annus) tener et lactens puerique simillimus aevo Vere novo est,

Ov. M. 15, 201:

mares,

id. ib. 10, 84:

equis vetulis teneros anteponere solemus,

Cic. Lael. 19, 67:

grex,

Phaedr. 2, 4, 14:

vitulus,

Hor. C. 4, 2, 54:

haedus,

id. ib. 3, 18, 5:

tigres,

Val. Fl. 1, 491:

manes,

the shades of children, Stat. Th. 6, 121.—Of plants, tenerae res, Verg. G. 2, 343:

teneri anni,

youthful, tender, Plin. Pan. 15, 1; so,

teneriores anni (opp. ferociores),

Quint. 2, 2, 3:

aetates,

id. 1, 10, 34:

a teneris, ut Graeci dicunt, unguiculis,

i. e. from childhood, Cic. Fam. 1, 6, 2;

for which: de tenero ungui,

Hor. C. 3, 6, 24.— Absol.:

a tenero,

Quint. 1, 2, 18; cf.:

ut (plantae) eam partem caeli spectent, cui ab tenero consueverunt,

Col. 5, 6, 20. — Subst.: tĕnĕri, ōrum, m., the young, boys:

parcendum est teneris,

Juv. 14, 215; Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 59;

also: in teneris,

in early youth, Verg. G. 2, 272; Quint. 1, 3, 13.—

Trop.

In gen., soft, delicate, tender, etc.:

est naturale in animis tenerum quiddam atque molle,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 6, 12:

virtus est in amicitia tenera atque tractabilis,

id. Lael. 13, 48:

tenerior animus,

id. Fam. 5, 21, 3; cf.:

tenerae Mentes,

Hor. C. 3, 24, 52; so,

animi,

id. S. 1, 4, 128:

pudor,

Ov. H. 2, 143:

est oratio mollis et tenera et ita flexibilis, ut, etc.,

Cic. Or. 16, 52; cf. id. Brut. 9, 38; cf. I. supra init.; so,

versus,

Hor. A. P. 246; Ov. A. A. 2, 273:

carmen,

id. Am. 3, 8, 2.— Transf., of elegiac poets:

poëta,

Cat. 35, 1; Ov. R. Am. 757:

Propertius,

id. A. A. 3, 333:

molli tenerāque voce,

Quint. 11, 3, 23:

tenera delicataque modulandi voluptas,

id. 9, 4, 31 et saep.—

In partic., of youthful weakness, tender: tener animus (pueri), Anton. ap. Cic. Att. 14, 13, A, 3; cf.:

horum erroribus teneri statim et rudes animi imbuuntur,

Tac. Or. 29; so,

adhuc mentes,

Quint. 2, 4, 5.—Hence, adv., tenderly, delicately, softly.

tĕnĕrē (post-Aug.):

dicere,

Tac. Or. 26:

recitare,

Plin. Ep. 4, 27, 1:

diligere,

Vulg. Gen. 44, 20. — Comp.:

complosit manus,

Petr. 24.— Sup.:

derasus cortex,

Plin. 23, 3, 35, § 72.—

‡ tĕnĕrĭter, only once cited:

teneriter quidam efferunt, ut celeriter: alii vero tenere ut libere,

Charis. p. 162 P.