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1 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 ADJtender (age/food); soft/delicate/gentle; young/immature; weak/fragile/frail -
2 aetātula
aetātula ae, f dim. [aetas], a tender age.* * *tender age of childhood; early time of life; youth; person of tender age -
3 tener
tĕner, ĕra, ĕrum, adj. [v. teneo; cf. tenuis, and Sanscr. tanu], soft, delicate, tender (class.; cf. mollis).I.Lit.A.In gen.:B.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.:II.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.A.In gen., soft, delicate, tender, etc.:B.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.:a.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.):b.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,
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4 teneri
tĕner, ĕra, ĕrum, adj. [v. teneo; cf. tenuis, and Sanscr. tanu], soft, delicate, tender (class.; cf. mollis).I.Lit.A.In gen.:B.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.:II.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.A.In gen., soft, delicate, tender, etc.:B.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.:a.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.):b.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,
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5 lāc
lāc lactis, n milk: nutricis: lacte vesci, S.: lacte vivere, Cs.: lactis Cantare rivos, H.: lac pressum, cheese, V.: coactum, O.: Qui plus lactis quam sanguinis habet, of tender age, Iu.—A milky juice, milk (of plants): herbae nigri cum lacte veneni, V.: herbarum, O.: cetera lactis erant, i. e. white, O.* * *milk; milky juice of plants; spat/spawn (of oyster) -
6 lac
lac, lactis (nom. lacte, Enn. ap. Non. 483, 2; Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 85; id. Bacch. 5, 2, 16 Ritschl N. cr. al.; and lact, Aus. Idyll. 12; Mart. Cap. 3, § 307; masc. acc. lactem, App. M. 8, p. 214 fin.; 215 init.; but dub. in Gell. 12, 1, 17, where Hertz reads lacte), n. [Gr. gala, gen. galakt-os], milk.I.Lit.:B.dulci repletur lacte,
Lucr. 5, 814:cum lacte nutricis errorem suxisse,
Cic. Tusc. 3, 1, 2:lacte vivere,
Caes. B. G. 4, 1:lac mihi non aestate novum, non frigore defit,
Verg. E. 2, 22:concretum vimine querno lac,
Ov. M. 12, 437:lactis inopia... abundantia,
Col. 5, 12, 2:a lacte cunisque,
from the cradle, from infancy, Quint. 1, 1, 21:lac pressum,
cheese, Verg. E. 1, 82:coagulatum,
Plin. 23, 7, 64, § 128.—Prov.:tam similem quam lacte lacti'st,
as like as one egg is to another, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 85; cf.:neque lac lacti magis est simile,
id. Am. 2, 1, 54; id. Men. 5, 9, 30: lac gallinaceum, chicken's milk, of something very rare, Plin. N. H. praef. § 23; Petr. 38, 1:qui plus lactis quam sanguinis habet,
of tender age, Juv. 11, 68.—Trop., for something sweet, pleasant: in melle sunt linguae sitae nostrae atque orationes, lacteque;II.corda felle sunt lita,
Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 77:ut mentes... satiari velut quodam jucundioris disciplinae lacte patiantur,
Quint. 2, 4, 5.—Transf.A.Milky juice, milk of plants:B.herbae, nigri cum lacte veneni,
Verg. A. 4, 514:herbarum,
Ov. M. 11, 606:tenero dum lacte, quod intro est, id. Nux, 95: ficulneum,
Col. 7, 8, 1:caprifici,
Cels. 5, 7.—Milk-white color ( poet.): candidus taurus... una fuit labes;cetera lactis erant,
Ov. A. A. 1, 290. -
7 lact
lac, lactis (nom. lacte, Enn. ap. Non. 483, 2; Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 85; id. Bacch. 5, 2, 16 Ritschl N. cr. al.; and lact, Aus. Idyll. 12; Mart. Cap. 3, § 307; masc. acc. lactem, App. M. 8, p. 214 fin.; 215 init.; but dub. in Gell. 12, 1, 17, where Hertz reads lacte), n. [Gr. gala, gen. galakt-os], milk.I.Lit.:B.dulci repletur lacte,
Lucr. 5, 814:cum lacte nutricis errorem suxisse,
Cic. Tusc. 3, 1, 2:lacte vivere,
Caes. B. G. 4, 1:lac mihi non aestate novum, non frigore defit,
Verg. E. 2, 22:concretum vimine querno lac,
Ov. M. 12, 437:lactis inopia... abundantia,
Col. 5, 12, 2:a lacte cunisque,
from the cradle, from infancy, Quint. 1, 1, 21:lac pressum,
cheese, Verg. E. 1, 82:coagulatum,
Plin. 23, 7, 64, § 128.—Prov.:tam similem quam lacte lacti'st,
as like as one egg is to another, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 85; cf.:neque lac lacti magis est simile,
id. Am. 2, 1, 54; id. Men. 5, 9, 30: lac gallinaceum, chicken's milk, of something very rare, Plin. N. H. praef. § 23; Petr. 38, 1:qui plus lactis quam sanguinis habet,
of tender age, Juv. 11, 68.—Trop., for something sweet, pleasant: in melle sunt linguae sitae nostrae atque orationes, lacteque;II.corda felle sunt lita,
Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 77:ut mentes... satiari velut quodam jucundioris disciplinae lacte patiantur,
Quint. 2, 4, 5.—Transf.A.Milky juice, milk of plants:B.herbae, nigri cum lacte veneni,
Verg. A. 4, 514:herbarum,
Ov. M. 11, 606:tenero dum lacte, quod intro est, id. Nux, 95: ficulneum,
Col. 7, 8, 1:caprifici,
Cels. 5, 7.—Milk-white color ( poet.): candidus taurus... una fuit labes;cetera lactis erant,
Ov. A. A. 1, 290. -
8 tenerositas
tĕnĕrōsĭtas, ātis, f. [id.], a tender age, Ven Vit S. Men. 2. -
9 aetatula
aetātŭla, ae, f. dim. [aetas], a youthful, tender, or effeminate age:in munditiis, mollitiis deliciisque aetatulam agere,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 40: integra, Caecil. ap. Gell. 2, 23, 10 (Com. Rel. p. 52 Rib.):in primis puerorum aetatulis,
Cic. Fin. 5, 20, 55:monuit, ut parcius aetatulae indulgeret,
Suet. Claud. 16 (cf. Galb. 20: cupide fruaris aetate tuā).
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