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delicate

  • 1 dēlicātē

        dēlicātē adv.    [delicatus], delicately, elegantly, luxuriously: vivere: recubans: odiosa multa fecit, N.
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    delicatius, delicatissime ADV
    delicately/tenderly/gently; luxuriously; frivolously; fastidiously; effeminately

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  • 2 delicate

    dēlĭcāte, adv., v. the following, fin.

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  • 3 delicate

    luxuriously, delicately, slowly.

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  • 4 delicatus

    dēlĭcātus, a, um, adj. [deliciae].
    I.
    That gives pleasure, i. e. alluring, charming, delightful; luxurious, voluptuous.
    A.
    Prop. (class.):

    in illo delicatissimo litore,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 40:

    navigia,

    Suet. Vit. 10:

    delicatior cultus,

    id. Aug. 65:

    delicati hortuli,

    Phaedr. 4, 5, 26;

    and so often of places: muliebri et delicato ancillarum puerorumque comitatu,

    Cic. Mil. 10, 28:

    convivium,

    id. Att. 2, 14:

    voluptates (with molles and obscenae),

    id. N. D. 1, 40, 111 and 113; cf.:

    molliores et delicatiores in cantu flexiones,

    id. de Or. 3, 25, 98:

    sermo,

    id. Off. 1, 40, 144:

    omnes hominis libidines delicatissimis versibus exprimere,

    id. Pis. 29, 70:

    versiculos scribens,

    Cat. 50, 3.—
    (β).
    As a flattering appellation:

    ubi tu es delicata?

    Plaut. Rud. 2, 5, 8.—
    B.
    Transf., soft, tender, delicate ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    capella,

    Cat. 20, 10; cf.:

    puella tenellulo delicatior haedo,

    id. 17, 15:

    oves,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 11 fin.:

    Anio delicatissimus amnium,

    id. ib. 8, 17, 3; cf.:

    ad aquam,

    Curt. 5, 2, 9:

    delicatior teneriorque cauliculus,

    Plin. 19, 8, 41, § 137; Vulg. 1 Par. 22, 5.—
    II.
    Addicted to pleasure; luxurious, voluptuous; and subst., a voluptuary, a wanton.
    A.
    Prop.:

    adolescens,

    Cic. Brut. 53:

    pueri,

    id. N. D. 1, 36 fin.:

    juventus,

    id. Mur. 35, 74; cf.:

    odia libidinosae et delicatae juventutis,

    id. Att. 1, 19, 8 et saep.: quosdam e gratissimis delicatorum, i. e. of the paramours, paidikôn, Suet. Tit. 7; cf. in the fem.:

    Flavia Domitilla, Statilii Capellae delicata,

    id. Vesp. 3;

    et luxuriosus,

    Vulg. Deut. 28, 54; in inscriptions, delicatus and delicata simply mean favorite slave (cf. our terms valet and chamber-maid), Inscr. Orell. 2801-2805 and 4650.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Spoiled with indulgence, delicate, dainty, effeminate: nimium ego te habui delicatam ( I have spoiled you), Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 10:

    equorum cursum delicati minutis passibus frangunt,

    Quint. 9, 9, 4, 113; id. 11, 3, 132.—
    2.
    Fastidious, scrupulous:

    aures,

    Quint. 3, 1, 3;

    vah delicatus!

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 37.—Hence, adv.: dēlĭcātē.
    1.
    Delicately, luxuriously:

    delicate ac molliter vivere,

    Cic. Off. 1, 30, 106; cf. recubans (coupled with molliter), id. de Or. 3, 17, 63; and in the comp.:

    tractare iracundos (with mollius), Sen. de Ira, 3, 9: odiosa multa delicate jocoseque fecit,

    Nep. Alcib. 2 fin.; Vulg. Prov. 29, 21.—
    2.
    At one's ease, tardily, slowly:

    conficere iter (coupled with segniter),

    Suet. Calig. 43:

    spargit se vitis,

    Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 179.

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  • 5 molle

    mollis, e, adj. [Gr. malakos, amalos, môlus; cf. blêchros, perh. Lat. mulier (mollior)], easily movable, pliant, flexible, supple; soft, tender, delicate, gentle, mild, pleasant (class.; syn.: tener, facilis, flexibilis, lentus).
    I.
    Lit.:

    mollis juncus,

    Verg. E. 2, 72:

    comam mollis... hyacinthi,

    id. G. 4, 137:

    aurum,

    flexible, id. A. 10, 818:

    tiliae,

    Ov. M. 10, 92:

    crura,

    Verg. G. 3, 76:

    colla,

    id. A. 11, 622:

    bracchia,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 595:

    cervix,

    id. F. 4, 185:

    commissurae,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 60:

    molle litus,

    of soft sand, Caes. B. G. 5, 9:

    harena,

    Ov. M. 2, 577:

    aqua,

    id. A. A. 1, 476:

    fraga,

    id. M. 13, 816:

    castaneae,

    Verg. E. 1, 82:

    mollissima vina ( = mitissima, lenissima),

    id. G. 1, 341; cf.:

    molli mero,

    Hor. C. 1, 7, 19; and:

    molle Calenum,

    Juv. 1, 69:

    alvus,

    relaxed, open bowels, Cels. 3, 12:

    cibus,

    mild, not sharp, id. 4, 4, 4:

    ovum,

    soft, id. 4, 4, 5:

    prata,

    Verg. G. 2, 384:

    gramen,

    Ov. F. 6, 328:

    humus,

    id. A. A. 3, 688:

    lana,

    id. F. 2, 742:

    torus,

    id. Am. 2, 4, 14:

    arcus,

    slack, unbent, unstrung, id. H. 4, 92:

    feretrum,

    made soft by a layer of leaves, Verg. A. 11, 64:

    mollissima cera,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 45, 177:

    mollia panis,

    the soft part of bread, the crumb, id. 13, 12, 26, § 82:

    molles genae,

    soft, delicate, Ov. H. 10, 44:

    capilli,

    id. P. 3, 3, 17:

    manus,

    id. Am. 1, 4, 24:

    latus,

    id. M. 14, 710:

    molles Zephyri,

    soft, gentle, id. A. A. 3, 728; so,

    hiems,

    Stat. S. 3, 5, 83:

    aestas,

    Verg. G. 1, 312:

    caelum,

    Flor. 1, 16, 3; 4, 12, 27:

    Euphrates mollior undis,

    gentler, calmer, Verg. A. 8, 726:

    aditus,

    easy, Sil. 4, 491; so,

    iter,

    Quint. 4, 2, 46:

    via,

    id. 1, 6, 22:

    fastigium,

    gentle, not steep, Caes. B. C. 2, 10:

    clivus,

    Verg. E. 9, 8:

    modicis et mollibus clivis,

    Curt. 8, 39, 6:

    jugum montis,

    Tac. G. 1:

    trames,

    Ov. F. 3, 13.—Prov.: molli bracchio objurgare aliquem, with a gentle arm, i. e. in a forbearing manner, Cic. Att. 2, 1, 6:

    in molli carne vermes nascuntur,

    it is the soft flesh that breeds the worms, Petr. 57.— Subst.: mollia, ĭum, n., a kind of fishes, mollusks, Plin. 11, 51, 112, § 267.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Tender, delicate, susceptible:

    mollibus annis,

    in tender youth, Ov. H. 1, 111:

    os molle,

    easily blushing, id. Tr. 4, 3, 70:

    mollissima corda,

    Juv. 15, 131:

    mollissimae aures,

    modest, Plin. Pan. 68.—
    2.
    In a bad sense, soft, effeminate, unmanly, weak (syn. effeminatus):

    philosophus tam mollis, tam languidus, tam enervatus,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 52, 226:

    Sabaei,

    Verg. G. 1, 57:

    viri molles, i. e. pathici,

    Liv. 33, 28; Sen. Ep. 87:

    disciplina,

    effeminate, Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 37:

    delicatior... molliorque ratio,

    id. ib. 5, 5, 12:

    vita,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 9: desine mollium querellarum, Hor. C. 2, 9, 17:

    mollis teneraque vox,

    Quint. 11, 3, 23:

    educatio,

    id. 1, 2, 6:

    actio,

    id. 11, 3, 128:

    Gallorum mens est mollis ac minime resistens ad calamitates perferendas,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 19:

    sententiae,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 12, 30:

    si taedio laboris longaeque viae, ut est mollis ad talia gens (Gallorum), dilaberentur,

    Liv. 22, 2, 4:

    Romanos molliores facere ad paciscendum,

    id. 42, 62, 6; cf.:

    sunt qui in rebus contrariis parum sibi constent, voluptatem severissime contemnant, in dolore sint molliores, etc.,

    Cic. Off. 1, 21, 71:

    molles in aure fenestrae,

    Juv. 1, 104.—
    B.
    Soft, pleasant, mild, easy:

    orationem mollem teneramque reddidit,

    soft, pleasant, Cic. Brut. 9, 38:

    mollis et jucunda senectus,

    id. Sen. 1, 2:

    ita eum placidum mollemque reddidi, ut, etc.,

    calm and gentle, id. Caecil. 10, 28:

    verba,

    Hor. Epod. 5, 83:

    mollia jussa,

    mild, easy, Verg. G. 3, 41:

    vincuntur molli pectora dura prece,

    soft, tender, touching, Tib. 3, 4, 76:

    sic accensum sed molliora referre jussum dimittit,

    to return a gentler answer, Tac. H. 4, 32 fin.:

    saepius molliora respondens,

    id. A. 12, 46: mollis versus, an elegiac or amatory poem, Ov. Tr. 2, 307; Prop. 1, 7, 19 (opp. durus versus, a heroic poem, id. 2, 1, 41):

    ridere mollia,

    to smile gently, Ov. A. A. 3, 513:

    cuncta tamen ad imperatorem in mollius relata,

    in a milder, more favorable light, Tac. A. 14, 39:

    pilenta,

    having a gentle motion, Verg. A. 8, 666; id. G. 2, 389:

    mollissima fandi tempora,

    id. A. 4, 293:

    hora mollior,

    more favorable, Ov. P. 3, 3, 84:

    signa,

    Cic. Brut. 18, 70:

    duriora Callon, jam minus rigida Calamis, molliora adhuc supra dictis Myron fecit,

    more agreeable, Quint. 12, 10, 7:

    mollis animus et ad accipiendam et ad deponendam offensionem,

    Cic. Att. 1, 17, 2:

    in inimicitiis auricula infima mollior,

    id. Q. Fr. 2, 13 (15), 4.— Subst.: molle, is, n., softness, smoothness:

    molle atque facetum Vergilio adnuerunt Camenae,

    Hor. S. 1, 10, 45.—
    C.
    Weak, untrustworthy:

    nihil est tam molle, tam tenerum, tam aut fragile aut flexibile quam voluntas erga nos civium,

    Cic. Mil. 16, 42.—Hence, adv.: mollĭter.
    1.
    Lit., softly, gently, agreeably (class.):

    molliter sustine me,

    Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 7:

    aves nidos mollissime substernunt,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 129:

    recubans,

    id. de Or. 3, 17, 63:

    ossa cubent,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 76:

    excudent alii spirantia mollius aera,

    more easily, agreeably, Verg. A. 6, 847:

    cura molliter semina conlocandi,

    Plin. 15, 10, 9, § 35:

    colles ad orientem molliter devexi,

    gently, gradually, Col. 1, 2, 3 sq. —
    2.
    Trop.:

    quod ferendum est molliter sapienti,

    calmly, patiently, Cic. Sen. 2, 5:

    abnuere,

    Liv. 30, 3:

    delicate et molliter vivere,

    voluptuously, Cic. Off. 1, 30, 106:

    aegritudinem pati,

    sensitively, weakly, Sall. J. 82, 2:

    ne quid per metum, mollius consuleretur,

    too compliantly, Liv. 30, 7, 3:

    interpretari mollius aliquid,

    rather mildly, favorably, Tac. H. 2, 96.

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  • 6 mollia

    mollis, e, adj. [Gr. malakos, amalos, môlus; cf. blêchros, perh. Lat. mulier (mollior)], easily movable, pliant, flexible, supple; soft, tender, delicate, gentle, mild, pleasant (class.; syn.: tener, facilis, flexibilis, lentus).
    I.
    Lit.:

    mollis juncus,

    Verg. E. 2, 72:

    comam mollis... hyacinthi,

    id. G. 4, 137:

    aurum,

    flexible, id. A. 10, 818:

    tiliae,

    Ov. M. 10, 92:

    crura,

    Verg. G. 3, 76:

    colla,

    id. A. 11, 622:

    bracchia,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 595:

    cervix,

    id. F. 4, 185:

    commissurae,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 60:

    molle litus,

    of soft sand, Caes. B. G. 5, 9:

    harena,

    Ov. M. 2, 577:

    aqua,

    id. A. A. 1, 476:

    fraga,

    id. M. 13, 816:

    castaneae,

    Verg. E. 1, 82:

    mollissima vina ( = mitissima, lenissima),

    id. G. 1, 341; cf.:

    molli mero,

    Hor. C. 1, 7, 19; and:

    molle Calenum,

    Juv. 1, 69:

    alvus,

    relaxed, open bowels, Cels. 3, 12:

    cibus,

    mild, not sharp, id. 4, 4, 4:

    ovum,

    soft, id. 4, 4, 5:

    prata,

    Verg. G. 2, 384:

    gramen,

    Ov. F. 6, 328:

    humus,

    id. A. A. 3, 688:

    lana,

    id. F. 2, 742:

    torus,

    id. Am. 2, 4, 14:

    arcus,

    slack, unbent, unstrung, id. H. 4, 92:

    feretrum,

    made soft by a layer of leaves, Verg. A. 11, 64:

    mollissima cera,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 45, 177:

    mollia panis,

    the soft part of bread, the crumb, id. 13, 12, 26, § 82:

    molles genae,

    soft, delicate, Ov. H. 10, 44:

    capilli,

    id. P. 3, 3, 17:

    manus,

    id. Am. 1, 4, 24:

    latus,

    id. M. 14, 710:

    molles Zephyri,

    soft, gentle, id. A. A. 3, 728; so,

    hiems,

    Stat. S. 3, 5, 83:

    aestas,

    Verg. G. 1, 312:

    caelum,

    Flor. 1, 16, 3; 4, 12, 27:

    Euphrates mollior undis,

    gentler, calmer, Verg. A. 8, 726:

    aditus,

    easy, Sil. 4, 491; so,

    iter,

    Quint. 4, 2, 46:

    via,

    id. 1, 6, 22:

    fastigium,

    gentle, not steep, Caes. B. C. 2, 10:

    clivus,

    Verg. E. 9, 8:

    modicis et mollibus clivis,

    Curt. 8, 39, 6:

    jugum montis,

    Tac. G. 1:

    trames,

    Ov. F. 3, 13.—Prov.: molli bracchio objurgare aliquem, with a gentle arm, i. e. in a forbearing manner, Cic. Att. 2, 1, 6:

    in molli carne vermes nascuntur,

    it is the soft flesh that breeds the worms, Petr. 57.— Subst.: mollia, ĭum, n., a kind of fishes, mollusks, Plin. 11, 51, 112, § 267.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Tender, delicate, susceptible:

    mollibus annis,

    in tender youth, Ov. H. 1, 111:

    os molle,

    easily blushing, id. Tr. 4, 3, 70:

    mollissima corda,

    Juv. 15, 131:

    mollissimae aures,

    modest, Plin. Pan. 68.—
    2.
    In a bad sense, soft, effeminate, unmanly, weak (syn. effeminatus):

    philosophus tam mollis, tam languidus, tam enervatus,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 52, 226:

    Sabaei,

    Verg. G. 1, 57:

    viri molles, i. e. pathici,

    Liv. 33, 28; Sen. Ep. 87:

    disciplina,

    effeminate, Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 37:

    delicatior... molliorque ratio,

    id. ib. 5, 5, 12:

    vita,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 9: desine mollium querellarum, Hor. C. 2, 9, 17:

    mollis teneraque vox,

    Quint. 11, 3, 23:

    educatio,

    id. 1, 2, 6:

    actio,

    id. 11, 3, 128:

    Gallorum mens est mollis ac minime resistens ad calamitates perferendas,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 19:

    sententiae,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 12, 30:

    si taedio laboris longaeque viae, ut est mollis ad talia gens (Gallorum), dilaberentur,

    Liv. 22, 2, 4:

    Romanos molliores facere ad paciscendum,

    id. 42, 62, 6; cf.:

    sunt qui in rebus contrariis parum sibi constent, voluptatem severissime contemnant, in dolore sint molliores, etc.,

    Cic. Off. 1, 21, 71:

    molles in aure fenestrae,

    Juv. 1, 104.—
    B.
    Soft, pleasant, mild, easy:

    orationem mollem teneramque reddidit,

    soft, pleasant, Cic. Brut. 9, 38:

    mollis et jucunda senectus,

    id. Sen. 1, 2:

    ita eum placidum mollemque reddidi, ut, etc.,

    calm and gentle, id. Caecil. 10, 28:

    verba,

    Hor. Epod. 5, 83:

    mollia jussa,

    mild, easy, Verg. G. 3, 41:

    vincuntur molli pectora dura prece,

    soft, tender, touching, Tib. 3, 4, 76:

    sic accensum sed molliora referre jussum dimittit,

    to return a gentler answer, Tac. H. 4, 32 fin.:

    saepius molliora respondens,

    id. A. 12, 46: mollis versus, an elegiac or amatory poem, Ov. Tr. 2, 307; Prop. 1, 7, 19 (opp. durus versus, a heroic poem, id. 2, 1, 41):

    ridere mollia,

    to smile gently, Ov. A. A. 3, 513:

    cuncta tamen ad imperatorem in mollius relata,

    in a milder, more favorable light, Tac. A. 14, 39:

    pilenta,

    having a gentle motion, Verg. A. 8, 666; id. G. 2, 389:

    mollissima fandi tempora,

    id. A. 4, 293:

    hora mollior,

    more favorable, Ov. P. 3, 3, 84:

    signa,

    Cic. Brut. 18, 70:

    duriora Callon, jam minus rigida Calamis, molliora adhuc supra dictis Myron fecit,

    more agreeable, Quint. 12, 10, 7:

    mollis animus et ad accipiendam et ad deponendam offensionem,

    Cic. Att. 1, 17, 2:

    in inimicitiis auricula infima mollior,

    id. Q. Fr. 2, 13 (15), 4.— Subst.: molle, is, n., softness, smoothness:

    molle atque facetum Vergilio adnuerunt Camenae,

    Hor. S. 1, 10, 45.—
    C.
    Weak, untrustworthy:

    nihil est tam molle, tam tenerum, tam aut fragile aut flexibile quam voluntas erga nos civium,

    Cic. Mil. 16, 42.—Hence, adv.: mollĭter.
    1.
    Lit., softly, gently, agreeably (class.):

    molliter sustine me,

    Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 7:

    aves nidos mollissime substernunt,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 129:

    recubans,

    id. de Or. 3, 17, 63:

    ossa cubent,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 76:

    excudent alii spirantia mollius aera,

    more easily, agreeably, Verg. A. 6, 847:

    cura molliter semina conlocandi,

    Plin. 15, 10, 9, § 35:

    colles ad orientem molliter devexi,

    gently, gradually, Col. 1, 2, 3 sq. —
    2.
    Trop.:

    quod ferendum est molliter sapienti,

    calmly, patiently, Cic. Sen. 2, 5:

    abnuere,

    Liv. 30, 3:

    delicate et molliter vivere,

    voluptuously, Cic. Off. 1, 30, 106:

    aegritudinem pati,

    sensitively, weakly, Sall. J. 82, 2:

    ne quid per metum, mollius consuleretur,

    too compliantly, Liv. 30, 7, 3:

    interpretari mollius aliquid,

    rather mildly, favorably, Tac. H. 2, 96.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > mollia

  • 7 mollis

    mollis, e, adj. [Gr. malakos, amalos, môlus; cf. blêchros, perh. Lat. mulier (mollior)], easily movable, pliant, flexible, supple; soft, tender, delicate, gentle, mild, pleasant (class.; syn.: tener, facilis, flexibilis, lentus).
    I.
    Lit.:

    mollis juncus,

    Verg. E. 2, 72:

    comam mollis... hyacinthi,

    id. G. 4, 137:

    aurum,

    flexible, id. A. 10, 818:

    tiliae,

    Ov. M. 10, 92:

    crura,

    Verg. G. 3, 76:

    colla,

    id. A. 11, 622:

    bracchia,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 595:

    cervix,

    id. F. 4, 185:

    commissurae,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 60:

    molle litus,

    of soft sand, Caes. B. G. 5, 9:

    harena,

    Ov. M. 2, 577:

    aqua,

    id. A. A. 1, 476:

    fraga,

    id. M. 13, 816:

    castaneae,

    Verg. E. 1, 82:

    mollissima vina ( = mitissima, lenissima),

    id. G. 1, 341; cf.:

    molli mero,

    Hor. C. 1, 7, 19; and:

    molle Calenum,

    Juv. 1, 69:

    alvus,

    relaxed, open bowels, Cels. 3, 12:

    cibus,

    mild, not sharp, id. 4, 4, 4:

    ovum,

    soft, id. 4, 4, 5:

    prata,

    Verg. G. 2, 384:

    gramen,

    Ov. F. 6, 328:

    humus,

    id. A. A. 3, 688:

    lana,

    id. F. 2, 742:

    torus,

    id. Am. 2, 4, 14:

    arcus,

    slack, unbent, unstrung, id. H. 4, 92:

    feretrum,

    made soft by a layer of leaves, Verg. A. 11, 64:

    mollissima cera,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 45, 177:

    mollia panis,

    the soft part of bread, the crumb, id. 13, 12, 26, § 82:

    molles genae,

    soft, delicate, Ov. H. 10, 44:

    capilli,

    id. P. 3, 3, 17:

    manus,

    id. Am. 1, 4, 24:

    latus,

    id. M. 14, 710:

    molles Zephyri,

    soft, gentle, id. A. A. 3, 728; so,

    hiems,

    Stat. S. 3, 5, 83:

    aestas,

    Verg. G. 1, 312:

    caelum,

    Flor. 1, 16, 3; 4, 12, 27:

    Euphrates mollior undis,

    gentler, calmer, Verg. A. 8, 726:

    aditus,

    easy, Sil. 4, 491; so,

    iter,

    Quint. 4, 2, 46:

    via,

    id. 1, 6, 22:

    fastigium,

    gentle, not steep, Caes. B. C. 2, 10:

    clivus,

    Verg. E. 9, 8:

    modicis et mollibus clivis,

    Curt. 8, 39, 6:

    jugum montis,

    Tac. G. 1:

    trames,

    Ov. F. 3, 13.—Prov.: molli bracchio objurgare aliquem, with a gentle arm, i. e. in a forbearing manner, Cic. Att. 2, 1, 6:

    in molli carne vermes nascuntur,

    it is the soft flesh that breeds the worms, Petr. 57.— Subst.: mollia, ĭum, n., a kind of fishes, mollusks, Plin. 11, 51, 112, § 267.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Tender, delicate, susceptible:

    mollibus annis,

    in tender youth, Ov. H. 1, 111:

    os molle,

    easily blushing, id. Tr. 4, 3, 70:

    mollissima corda,

    Juv. 15, 131:

    mollissimae aures,

    modest, Plin. Pan. 68.—
    2.
    In a bad sense, soft, effeminate, unmanly, weak (syn. effeminatus):

    philosophus tam mollis, tam languidus, tam enervatus,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 52, 226:

    Sabaei,

    Verg. G. 1, 57:

    viri molles, i. e. pathici,

    Liv. 33, 28; Sen. Ep. 87:

    disciplina,

    effeminate, Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 37:

    delicatior... molliorque ratio,

    id. ib. 5, 5, 12:

    vita,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 9: desine mollium querellarum, Hor. C. 2, 9, 17:

    mollis teneraque vox,

    Quint. 11, 3, 23:

    educatio,

    id. 1, 2, 6:

    actio,

    id. 11, 3, 128:

    Gallorum mens est mollis ac minime resistens ad calamitates perferendas,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 19:

    sententiae,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 12, 30:

    si taedio laboris longaeque viae, ut est mollis ad talia gens (Gallorum), dilaberentur,

    Liv. 22, 2, 4:

    Romanos molliores facere ad paciscendum,

    id. 42, 62, 6; cf.:

    sunt qui in rebus contrariis parum sibi constent, voluptatem severissime contemnant, in dolore sint molliores, etc.,

    Cic. Off. 1, 21, 71:

    molles in aure fenestrae,

    Juv. 1, 104.—
    B.
    Soft, pleasant, mild, easy:

    orationem mollem teneramque reddidit,

    soft, pleasant, Cic. Brut. 9, 38:

    mollis et jucunda senectus,

    id. Sen. 1, 2:

    ita eum placidum mollemque reddidi, ut, etc.,

    calm and gentle, id. Caecil. 10, 28:

    verba,

    Hor. Epod. 5, 83:

    mollia jussa,

    mild, easy, Verg. G. 3, 41:

    vincuntur molli pectora dura prece,

    soft, tender, touching, Tib. 3, 4, 76:

    sic accensum sed molliora referre jussum dimittit,

    to return a gentler answer, Tac. H. 4, 32 fin.:

    saepius molliora respondens,

    id. A. 12, 46: mollis versus, an elegiac or amatory poem, Ov. Tr. 2, 307; Prop. 1, 7, 19 (opp. durus versus, a heroic poem, id. 2, 1, 41):

    ridere mollia,

    to smile gently, Ov. A. A. 3, 513:

    cuncta tamen ad imperatorem in mollius relata,

    in a milder, more favorable light, Tac. A. 14, 39:

    pilenta,

    having a gentle motion, Verg. A. 8, 666; id. G. 2, 389:

    mollissima fandi tempora,

    id. A. 4, 293:

    hora mollior,

    more favorable, Ov. P. 3, 3, 84:

    signa,

    Cic. Brut. 18, 70:

    duriora Callon, jam minus rigida Calamis, molliora adhuc supra dictis Myron fecit,

    more agreeable, Quint. 12, 10, 7:

    mollis animus et ad accipiendam et ad deponendam offensionem,

    Cic. Att. 1, 17, 2:

    in inimicitiis auricula infima mollior,

    id. Q. Fr. 2, 13 (15), 4.— Subst.: molle, is, n., softness, smoothness:

    molle atque facetum Vergilio adnuerunt Camenae,

    Hor. S. 1, 10, 45.—
    C.
    Weak, untrustworthy:

    nihil est tam molle, tam tenerum, tam aut fragile aut flexibile quam voluntas erga nos civium,

    Cic. Mil. 16, 42.—Hence, adv.: mollĭter.
    1.
    Lit., softly, gently, agreeably (class.):

    molliter sustine me,

    Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 7:

    aves nidos mollissime substernunt,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 129:

    recubans,

    id. de Or. 3, 17, 63:

    ossa cubent,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 76:

    excudent alii spirantia mollius aera,

    more easily, agreeably, Verg. A. 6, 847:

    cura molliter semina conlocandi,

    Plin. 15, 10, 9, § 35:

    colles ad orientem molliter devexi,

    gently, gradually, Col. 1, 2, 3 sq. —
    2.
    Trop.:

    quod ferendum est molliter sapienti,

    calmly, patiently, Cic. Sen. 2, 5:

    abnuere,

    Liv. 30, 3:

    delicate et molliter vivere,

    voluptuously, Cic. Off. 1, 30, 106:

    aegritudinem pati,

    sensitively, weakly, Sall. J. 82, 2:

    ne quid per metum, mollius consuleretur,

    too compliantly, Liv. 30, 7, 3:

    interpretari mollius aliquid,

    rather mildly, favorably, Tac. H. 2, 96.

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  • 8 molliter

    mollis, e, adj. [Gr. malakos, amalos, môlus; cf. blêchros, perh. Lat. mulier (mollior)], easily movable, pliant, flexible, supple; soft, tender, delicate, gentle, mild, pleasant (class.; syn.: tener, facilis, flexibilis, lentus).
    I.
    Lit.:

    mollis juncus,

    Verg. E. 2, 72:

    comam mollis... hyacinthi,

    id. G. 4, 137:

    aurum,

    flexible, id. A. 10, 818:

    tiliae,

    Ov. M. 10, 92:

    crura,

    Verg. G. 3, 76:

    colla,

    id. A. 11, 622:

    bracchia,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 595:

    cervix,

    id. F. 4, 185:

    commissurae,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 60:

    molle litus,

    of soft sand, Caes. B. G. 5, 9:

    harena,

    Ov. M. 2, 577:

    aqua,

    id. A. A. 1, 476:

    fraga,

    id. M. 13, 816:

    castaneae,

    Verg. E. 1, 82:

    mollissima vina ( = mitissima, lenissima),

    id. G. 1, 341; cf.:

    molli mero,

    Hor. C. 1, 7, 19; and:

    molle Calenum,

    Juv. 1, 69:

    alvus,

    relaxed, open bowels, Cels. 3, 12:

    cibus,

    mild, not sharp, id. 4, 4, 4:

    ovum,

    soft, id. 4, 4, 5:

    prata,

    Verg. G. 2, 384:

    gramen,

    Ov. F. 6, 328:

    humus,

    id. A. A. 3, 688:

    lana,

    id. F. 2, 742:

    torus,

    id. Am. 2, 4, 14:

    arcus,

    slack, unbent, unstrung, id. H. 4, 92:

    feretrum,

    made soft by a layer of leaves, Verg. A. 11, 64:

    mollissima cera,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 45, 177:

    mollia panis,

    the soft part of bread, the crumb, id. 13, 12, 26, § 82:

    molles genae,

    soft, delicate, Ov. H. 10, 44:

    capilli,

    id. P. 3, 3, 17:

    manus,

    id. Am. 1, 4, 24:

    latus,

    id. M. 14, 710:

    molles Zephyri,

    soft, gentle, id. A. A. 3, 728; so,

    hiems,

    Stat. S. 3, 5, 83:

    aestas,

    Verg. G. 1, 312:

    caelum,

    Flor. 1, 16, 3; 4, 12, 27:

    Euphrates mollior undis,

    gentler, calmer, Verg. A. 8, 726:

    aditus,

    easy, Sil. 4, 491; so,

    iter,

    Quint. 4, 2, 46:

    via,

    id. 1, 6, 22:

    fastigium,

    gentle, not steep, Caes. B. C. 2, 10:

    clivus,

    Verg. E. 9, 8:

    modicis et mollibus clivis,

    Curt. 8, 39, 6:

    jugum montis,

    Tac. G. 1:

    trames,

    Ov. F. 3, 13.—Prov.: molli bracchio objurgare aliquem, with a gentle arm, i. e. in a forbearing manner, Cic. Att. 2, 1, 6:

    in molli carne vermes nascuntur,

    it is the soft flesh that breeds the worms, Petr. 57.— Subst.: mollia, ĭum, n., a kind of fishes, mollusks, Plin. 11, 51, 112, § 267.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Tender, delicate, susceptible:

    mollibus annis,

    in tender youth, Ov. H. 1, 111:

    os molle,

    easily blushing, id. Tr. 4, 3, 70:

    mollissima corda,

    Juv. 15, 131:

    mollissimae aures,

    modest, Plin. Pan. 68.—
    2.
    In a bad sense, soft, effeminate, unmanly, weak (syn. effeminatus):

    philosophus tam mollis, tam languidus, tam enervatus,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 52, 226:

    Sabaei,

    Verg. G. 1, 57:

    viri molles, i. e. pathici,

    Liv. 33, 28; Sen. Ep. 87:

    disciplina,

    effeminate, Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 37:

    delicatior... molliorque ratio,

    id. ib. 5, 5, 12:

    vita,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 9: desine mollium querellarum, Hor. C. 2, 9, 17:

    mollis teneraque vox,

    Quint. 11, 3, 23:

    educatio,

    id. 1, 2, 6:

    actio,

    id. 11, 3, 128:

    Gallorum mens est mollis ac minime resistens ad calamitates perferendas,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 19:

    sententiae,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 12, 30:

    si taedio laboris longaeque viae, ut est mollis ad talia gens (Gallorum), dilaberentur,

    Liv. 22, 2, 4:

    Romanos molliores facere ad paciscendum,

    id. 42, 62, 6; cf.:

    sunt qui in rebus contrariis parum sibi constent, voluptatem severissime contemnant, in dolore sint molliores, etc.,

    Cic. Off. 1, 21, 71:

    molles in aure fenestrae,

    Juv. 1, 104.—
    B.
    Soft, pleasant, mild, easy:

    orationem mollem teneramque reddidit,

    soft, pleasant, Cic. Brut. 9, 38:

    mollis et jucunda senectus,

    id. Sen. 1, 2:

    ita eum placidum mollemque reddidi, ut, etc.,

    calm and gentle, id. Caecil. 10, 28:

    verba,

    Hor. Epod. 5, 83:

    mollia jussa,

    mild, easy, Verg. G. 3, 41:

    vincuntur molli pectora dura prece,

    soft, tender, touching, Tib. 3, 4, 76:

    sic accensum sed molliora referre jussum dimittit,

    to return a gentler answer, Tac. H. 4, 32 fin.:

    saepius molliora respondens,

    id. A. 12, 46: mollis versus, an elegiac or amatory poem, Ov. Tr. 2, 307; Prop. 1, 7, 19 (opp. durus versus, a heroic poem, id. 2, 1, 41):

    ridere mollia,

    to smile gently, Ov. A. A. 3, 513:

    cuncta tamen ad imperatorem in mollius relata,

    in a milder, more favorable light, Tac. A. 14, 39:

    pilenta,

    having a gentle motion, Verg. A. 8, 666; id. G. 2, 389:

    mollissima fandi tempora,

    id. A. 4, 293:

    hora mollior,

    more favorable, Ov. P. 3, 3, 84:

    signa,

    Cic. Brut. 18, 70:

    duriora Callon, jam minus rigida Calamis, molliora adhuc supra dictis Myron fecit,

    more agreeable, Quint. 12, 10, 7:

    mollis animus et ad accipiendam et ad deponendam offensionem,

    Cic. Att. 1, 17, 2:

    in inimicitiis auricula infima mollior,

    id. Q. Fr. 2, 13 (15), 4.— Subst.: molle, is, n., softness, smoothness:

    molle atque facetum Vergilio adnuerunt Camenae,

    Hor. S. 1, 10, 45.—
    C.
    Weak, untrustworthy:

    nihil est tam molle, tam tenerum, tam aut fragile aut flexibile quam voluntas erga nos civium,

    Cic. Mil. 16, 42.—Hence, adv.: mollĭter.
    1.
    Lit., softly, gently, agreeably (class.):

    molliter sustine me,

    Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 7:

    aves nidos mollissime substernunt,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 129:

    recubans,

    id. de Or. 3, 17, 63:

    ossa cubent,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 76:

    excudent alii spirantia mollius aera,

    more easily, agreeably, Verg. A. 6, 847:

    cura molliter semina conlocandi,

    Plin. 15, 10, 9, § 35:

    colles ad orientem molliter devexi,

    gently, gradually, Col. 1, 2, 3 sq. —
    2.
    Trop.:

    quod ferendum est molliter sapienti,

    calmly, patiently, Cic. Sen. 2, 5:

    abnuere,

    Liv. 30, 3:

    delicate et molliter vivere,

    voluptuously, Cic. Off. 1, 30, 106:

    aegritudinem pati,

    sensitively, weakly, Sall. J. 82, 2:

    ne quid per metum, mollius consuleretur,

    too compliantly, Liv. 30, 7, 3:

    interpretari mollius aliquid,

    rather mildly, favorably, Tac. H. 2, 96.

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  • 9 mollis

        mollis e, adj. with comp. and sup.    [MAL-], yielding, pliant, flexible, supple, soft, tender, delicate, gentle, mild, pleasant: iuncus, V.: comae, V.: aurum, flexible, V.: tiliae, O.: flumen, Ct.: cervix, O.: commissurae: in litore molli, of soft sand, Cs.: harena, O.: castaneae, V.: mollissima vina, V.: lana, O.: arcus, unstrung, O.: feretrum, made soft by a layer of leaves, V.: mollissima cera: genae, delicate, O.: manus, O.: Zephyri, gentle, O.: Euphrates mollior undis, calmer, V.: litus, accessible, Cs.: fastigium, gentle, Cs.: clivus, V.: iugum montis, Ta.—Prov.: me molli bracchio obiurgare, i. e. with forbearance.—Fig., tender, delicate, susceptible: mollibus annis, in tender youth, O.: os, easily blushing, O.: mollissima corda, Iu.— Soft, effeminate, unmanly, weak: philosophus: Sabaei, V.: Tarentum, H.: disciplina: vita, O.: querellae, H.: mens, Cs.: sententiae: Romanos molliores facere ad paciscendum, L.: in dolore molliores: viri, given to lust, L.— Plur m. as subst: vos pellite molles, the effeminate, O.— Soft, pleasant, mild, easy, gentle: lex mollior: oratio: verba, H.: iussa, easy, V.: versus, amatory, O.: ridere mollia, smile gently, O.: pilenta, having a gentle motion, V.: mollissima fandi Tempora, most favorable, V.: hora mollior, more favorable, O.: alqd quam mollissimā viā consequi, with the utmost forbearance, L.—As subst n., softness, smoothness: molle atque facetum Vergilio adnuerunt Camenae, H.— Weak, untrustworthy: consul, L.: voluntas erga nos civium.
    * * *
    mollis, molle ADJ
    soft; flexible; calm; gentle; pliant, tender; smooth; mild, weak; effeminate

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  • 10 subtīlis

        subtīlis e, adj. with comp. and sup.    [sub+tela], fine, nice, delicate: palatum, H.—Fig., nice, precise, exact, accurate, keen, subtle: descriptio: definitio: reliquae (epistulae) subtiliores erunt, will give more details.—In taste or judgment, fine, keen, delicate: iudicium: veterum iudex, H.—Of style, plain, simple, unadorned, direct: subtilissimum dicendi genus: oratio: quis illo in docendo subtilior?: oratione.
    * * *
    subtile, subtilior -or -us, subtilissimus -a -um ADJ
    fine-spun, fine; slender, delicate, exact; minutely thorough; strict, literal

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  • 11 tener

        tener era, erum, adj. with comp. tenerior and sup. tenerrimus    [2 TA-], soft, delicate, tender, yielding: palma: harundinum radices, Cs.: cana legam tenerā lanugine mala, V.: caules, H.: rami, O.: res tenerae, i. e. the plants, V.: prata tenerrima, O.: Aër, thin, V.: gallina, tender, H.: Dianam tenerae dicite virgines, H.— Of tender age, young, youthful: tener et rudis: equis vetulis teneros anteponere solemus: grex, Ph.: a teneris, ut Graeci dicunt, unguiculis, i. e. from childhood: De tenero ungui, H.—As subst: parcendum est teneris, i. e. boys, Iu.: in teneris, in early youth, V.— Effeminate: saltatores: vestis teneris Maecenatibus apta, Iu.—Fig., soft, delicate, tender, mobile, yielding: nihil est tam tenerum quam voluntas erga nos civium: tenerior animus: tenerae Mentes, H.: pudor, O.: oratio: versūs, H.: animus (pueri), i. e. weak.
    * * *
    tenera -um, tenerior -or -us, tenerrimus -a -um ADJ
    tender (age/food); soft/delicate/gentle; young/immature; weak/fragile/frail

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  • 12 tenuis

        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.
    * * *
    tenue, tenuior -or -us, tenuissimus -a -um ADJ
    thin, fine; delicate; slight, little, unimportant; weak, feeble

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  • 13 bracchiolum

        bracchiolum ī, n     dim, a small arm, delicate arm: teres puellulae, Ct.
    * * *
    little arm, small/delicate arm; muscle of a horse's leg (L+S); arm of a chair

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  • 14 tenellulus

        tenellulus adj. dim.    [tener], very tender, delicate: haedus, Ct.
    * * *
    tenellula, tenellulum ADJ
    tender, delicate

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  • 15 subtilia

    subtīlis, e, adj. [sub-tela; and therefore, prop., woven fine; hence], fine, not thick or coarse, thin, slender, minute (syn. tenuis).
    I.
    Lit. (mostly poet. and in postAug. prose;

    not in Cic.): quae vulgo volitant subtili praedita filo,

    Lucr. 4, 88:

    ventus subtili corpore tenuis,

    id. 4, 901; cf. id. 3, 195; Cat. 54, 3:

    acies gladii,

    Sen. Ep. 76, 14:

    farina,

    Plin. 18, 7, 14, § 74:

    mitra,

    Cat. 64, 63:

    ignis,

    Lucr. 6, 225:

    subtilia et minuta primordia rerum,

    id. 4, 122; 4, 114.— Subst.: subtīlĭa, ĭum, n. plur., fine goods or stuffs, Vulg. Isa. 19, 9:

    indui te subtilibus,

    id. Ezech. 16, 10.— Comp.:

    harundo,

    Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 168:

    semen raporum,

    id. 18, 13, 34, § 129.— Sup.:

    sucus subtilissimus,

    Plin. 11, 5, 4, § 11.—
    B.
    Transf., of the senses, fine, nice, acute, delicate, exqui site (rare):

    palatum,

    Hor. S. 2, 8, 38:

    subtilior gula,

    Col. 8, 16, 4.—
    II.
    Trop., fine, nice, precise, exact, accurate, keen, subtle (class.; syn.: elegans, concinnus).
    A.
    In gen.:

    sollers subtilisque descriptio,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 121:

    definitio,

    id. de Or. 1, 23, 109:

    observatio,

    Plin. 18, 13, 35, § 132:

    sententia,

    id. 18, 17, 46, § 165:

    argumentatio,

    id. 2, 108, 112, § 247:

    quaestio,

    id. 11, 16, 16, § 46:

    Graecia,

    Manil. 4, 718.— Comp.:

    reliquae (epistulae) subtiliores erunt,

    more particular, Cic. Att. 5, 14, 3.— Sup.:

    quae (curatio manus) inter subtilissimas haberi potest,

    Cels. 7, 7, 13:

    inventum,

    Plin. 31, 3, 23, § 40:

    Democritus, subtilissimus antiquorum,

    Sen. Q. N. 7, 3, 2.—
    2.
    Transf., of taste or judgment, fine, keen, delicate, exquisite (syn.:

    sagax, acutus): judicium,

    Cic. Fam. 15, 6, 1; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 242; cf.:

    subtilis veterum judex,

    id. S. 2, 7, 101:

    sapiens subtilisque lector,

    Plin. Ep. 4, 14, 7:

    vir subtilis, dispositus, acer, disertus,

    id. ib. 2, 11, 17; 4, 17, 4.—
    B.
    In partic., in rhet., of speech or of the speaker, plain, simple, unadorned (syn. simplex):

    genus dicendi,

    Cic. Or. 21, 69; cf.:

    acutissimum et subtilissimum dicendi genus,

    id. de Or. 2, 23, 98:

    oratio,

    id. Or. 5, 20; cf. id. ib. 23, 78:

    Stoicorum non ignoras, quam sit subtile vel spinosum potius dicendi genus,

    id. Fin. 3, 1, 3: subtile quod ischnon vocant, Quint. 12, 10, 58:

    disputator,

    Cic. Off. 1, 1, 3:

    quis illo (Catone) in docendo edisserendoque subtilior?

    id. Brut. 17, 65:

    oratione limatus atque subtilis,

    id. de Or. 1, 39, 180; cf. id. de Or. 3, 8, 31: Lysias subtilis scriptor atque [p. 1785] elegans, id. Brut. 9, 35; Quint. 10, 1, 78:

    praeceptor,

    id. 1, 4, 25; 12, 10, 51.—Hence, adv.: subtīlĭter, finely, minutely.
    1.
    Lit.:

    subtiliter insinuatus ad parvas partes aër,

    Lucr. 6, 1031:

    conexae res,

    closely, intimately, id. 3, 739:

    dividere aliquid,

    Plin. 5, 12, 13, § 67:

    fodere,

    lightly, superficially, Pall. Febr. 21 fin. —
    2.
    Trop., finely, acutely, minutely, accurately, subtly.
    a.
    In gen.:

    subtiliter judicare,

    finely, acutely, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 57, § 127:

    de re publicā quid ego tibi subtiliter? tota periit,

    minutely, particularly, id. Att. 2, 21, 1; cf.:

    haec ad te scribam alias subtilius,

    id. ib. 1, 13, 4:

    subtiliter exsequi numerum,

    Liv. 3, 5:

    de aliquā re subtiliter disserere,

    Cic. Fl. 17, 41:

    aliquid persequi,

    id. de Or. 1, 21, 98; cf.:

    id persequar subtilius,

    id. Rep. 2, 23, 42:

    subtilius haec disserunt,

    id. Lael. 5, 18:

    subtilius ista quaerunt,

    id. ib. 2, 7 et saep. —
    b.
    In partic., in rhet., plainly, simply, without ornament:

    humilia subtiliter et magna graviter et mediocria temperate dicere,

    Cic. Or. 29, 100:

    versute et subtiliter dicere,

    id. ib. 7, 22:

    privatas causas agere subtilius: capitis aut famae ornatius,

    id. Fam. 9, 21, 1:

    magnifice an subtiliter dicere,

    Quint. 8, 3, 40.

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  • 16 subtilis

    subtīlis, e, adj. [sub-tela; and therefore, prop., woven fine; hence], fine, not thick or coarse, thin, slender, minute (syn. tenuis).
    I.
    Lit. (mostly poet. and in postAug. prose;

    not in Cic.): quae vulgo volitant subtili praedita filo,

    Lucr. 4, 88:

    ventus subtili corpore tenuis,

    id. 4, 901; cf. id. 3, 195; Cat. 54, 3:

    acies gladii,

    Sen. Ep. 76, 14:

    farina,

    Plin. 18, 7, 14, § 74:

    mitra,

    Cat. 64, 63:

    ignis,

    Lucr. 6, 225:

    subtilia et minuta primordia rerum,

    id. 4, 122; 4, 114.— Subst.: subtīlĭa, ĭum, n. plur., fine goods or stuffs, Vulg. Isa. 19, 9:

    indui te subtilibus,

    id. Ezech. 16, 10.— Comp.:

    harundo,

    Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 168:

    semen raporum,

    id. 18, 13, 34, § 129.— Sup.:

    sucus subtilissimus,

    Plin. 11, 5, 4, § 11.—
    B.
    Transf., of the senses, fine, nice, acute, delicate, exqui site (rare):

    palatum,

    Hor. S. 2, 8, 38:

    subtilior gula,

    Col. 8, 16, 4.—
    II.
    Trop., fine, nice, precise, exact, accurate, keen, subtle (class.; syn.: elegans, concinnus).
    A.
    In gen.:

    sollers subtilisque descriptio,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 121:

    definitio,

    id. de Or. 1, 23, 109:

    observatio,

    Plin. 18, 13, 35, § 132:

    sententia,

    id. 18, 17, 46, § 165:

    argumentatio,

    id. 2, 108, 112, § 247:

    quaestio,

    id. 11, 16, 16, § 46:

    Graecia,

    Manil. 4, 718.— Comp.:

    reliquae (epistulae) subtiliores erunt,

    more particular, Cic. Att. 5, 14, 3.— Sup.:

    quae (curatio manus) inter subtilissimas haberi potest,

    Cels. 7, 7, 13:

    inventum,

    Plin. 31, 3, 23, § 40:

    Democritus, subtilissimus antiquorum,

    Sen. Q. N. 7, 3, 2.—
    2.
    Transf., of taste or judgment, fine, keen, delicate, exquisite (syn.:

    sagax, acutus): judicium,

    Cic. Fam. 15, 6, 1; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 242; cf.:

    subtilis veterum judex,

    id. S. 2, 7, 101:

    sapiens subtilisque lector,

    Plin. Ep. 4, 14, 7:

    vir subtilis, dispositus, acer, disertus,

    id. ib. 2, 11, 17; 4, 17, 4.—
    B.
    In partic., in rhet., of speech or of the speaker, plain, simple, unadorned (syn. simplex):

    genus dicendi,

    Cic. Or. 21, 69; cf.:

    acutissimum et subtilissimum dicendi genus,

    id. de Or. 2, 23, 98:

    oratio,

    id. Or. 5, 20; cf. id. ib. 23, 78:

    Stoicorum non ignoras, quam sit subtile vel spinosum potius dicendi genus,

    id. Fin. 3, 1, 3: subtile quod ischnon vocant, Quint. 12, 10, 58:

    disputator,

    Cic. Off. 1, 1, 3:

    quis illo (Catone) in docendo edisserendoque subtilior?

    id. Brut. 17, 65:

    oratione limatus atque subtilis,

    id. de Or. 1, 39, 180; cf. id. de Or. 3, 8, 31: Lysias subtilis scriptor atque [p. 1785] elegans, id. Brut. 9, 35; Quint. 10, 1, 78:

    praeceptor,

    id. 1, 4, 25; 12, 10, 51.—Hence, adv.: subtīlĭter, finely, minutely.
    1.
    Lit.:

    subtiliter insinuatus ad parvas partes aër,

    Lucr. 6, 1031:

    conexae res,

    closely, intimately, id. 3, 739:

    dividere aliquid,

    Plin. 5, 12, 13, § 67:

    fodere,

    lightly, superficially, Pall. Febr. 21 fin. —
    2.
    Trop., finely, acutely, minutely, accurately, subtly.
    a.
    In gen.:

    subtiliter judicare,

    finely, acutely, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 57, § 127:

    de re publicā quid ego tibi subtiliter? tota periit,

    minutely, particularly, id. Att. 2, 21, 1; cf.:

    haec ad te scribam alias subtilius,

    id. ib. 1, 13, 4:

    subtiliter exsequi numerum,

    Liv. 3, 5:

    de aliquā re subtiliter disserere,

    Cic. Fl. 17, 41:

    aliquid persequi,

    id. de Or. 1, 21, 98; cf.:

    id persequar subtilius,

    id. Rep. 2, 23, 42:

    subtilius haec disserunt,

    id. Lael. 5, 18:

    subtilius ista quaerunt,

    id. ib. 2, 7 et saep. —
    b.
    In partic., in rhet., plainly, simply, without ornament:

    humilia subtiliter et magna graviter et mediocria temperate dicere,

    Cic. Or. 29, 100:

    versute et subtiliter dicere,

    id. ib. 7, 22:

    privatas causas agere subtilius: capitis aut famae ornatius,

    id. Fam. 9, 21, 1:

    magnifice an subtiliter dicere,

    Quint. 8, 3, 40.

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  • 17 tener

    tĕner, ĕra, ĕrum, adj. [v. teneo; cf. tenuis, and Sanscr. tanu], soft, delicate, tender (class.; cf. mollis).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    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.—
    B.
    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.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    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.—
    B.
    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.
    a.
    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.—
    b.
    ‡ tĕnĕrĭter, only once cited:

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

    Charis. p. 162 P.

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  • 18 teneri

    tĕner, ĕra, ĕrum, adj. [v. teneo; cf. tenuis, and Sanscr. tanu], soft, delicate, tender (class.; cf. mollis).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    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.—
    B.
    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.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    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.—
    B.
    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.
    a.
    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.—
    b.
    ‡ tĕnĕrĭter, only once cited:

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

    Charis. p. 162 P.

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  • 19 tenue

    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).
    I.
    Lit.
    1.
    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.—
    2.
    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.—
    3.
    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. —
    4.
    Of sounds, weak, thin: vox, Pompon. ap. Macr. S. 6, 4, 12 (Com. Rel. v. 59 Rib.); Quint. 11, 3, 32. —
    B.
    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.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    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.—
    B.
    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. —
    2.
    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.
    1.
    Lit.
    a.
    Thinly:

    alutae tenuiter confectae,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 13.—
    b.
    Indifferently, poorly: Da. Quid rei gerit? Ge. Sic, tenuiter. Da. Non multum habet, Quod det, etc., Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 95.—
    2.
    Trop.
    a.
    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.—
    b.
    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.

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  • 20 tenuis

    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).
    I.
    Lit.
    1.
    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.—
    2.
    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.—
    3.
    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. —
    4.
    Of sounds, weak, thin: vox, Pompon. ap. Macr. S. 6, 4, 12 (Com. Rel. v. 59 Rib.); Quint. 11, 3, 32. —
    B.
    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.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    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.—
    B.
    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. —
    2.
    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.
    1.
    Lit.
    a.
    Thinly:

    alutae tenuiter confectae,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 13.—
    b.
    Indifferently, poorly: Da. Quid rei gerit? Ge. Sic, tenuiter. Da. Non multum habet, Quod det, etc., Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 95.—
    2.
    Trop.
    a.
    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.—
    b.
    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.

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