tenuis

American  

[ten-yoo-is] / ˈtɛn yu ɪs /

noun

plural

tenues

1. an unaspirated, voiceless plosive.

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tenuis British  

/ ˈtɛnjʊɪs /

noun

1. (in the grammar of classical Greek) any of the voiceless stops as represented by kappa, pi, or tau (k, p, t)

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Etymology

Origin of tenuis

1640–50; < Latin: thin, fine, slender; akin to thin

Example Sentences

Item si cultellum laminæ tenuis, habentem in manubrio inclusum vel alligatum verum diamantem in mensa vel assere erexeris, protinus vt ipsi venenum appropinquabit, stabit tremulans atque sudans.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 08 Asia, Part I by Hakluyt, Richard

Dixit, et ex oculis subito, ceu fumus in auras 185 commixtus tenuis, fugit diversa, neque illum, prensantem nequiquam umbras et multa volentem dicere, praeterea vidit; nec portitor Orci amplius obiectam passus transire paludem.

From Readings from Latin Verse With Notes by Bushnell, Curtis C.

In size, the series from P�tzcuaro is intermediate between R. f. tenuis and R. f. toltecus but nearer the latter.

From An Annotated Check List of the Mammals of Michoac?n, M?xico by Bernardo Villa R.

Thus in Plautus, Lucretius, and even in Vergil and Statius, this happens in such words as puella, suo, genua, larua, and tenuis.

From Latin Pronunciation A Short Exposition of the Roman Method by Peck, Harry Thurston

According to it every tenuis in Latin is in Gothic represented by its corresponding aspirate.

From Lectures on The Science of Language by Müller, Max