tenellus
Latin
Etymology
From tener + -lus (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /teˈnel.lus/, [t̪ɛˈnɛlːʲʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /teˈnel.lus/, [t̪eˈnɛlːus]
Adjective
tenellus (feminine tenella, neuter tenellum); first/second-declension adjective
- Diminutive of tener (“tender, delicate”)
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | tenellus | tenella | tenellum | tenellī | tenellae | tenella | |
| Genitive | tenellī | tenellae | tenellī | tenellōrum | tenellārum | tenellōrum | |
| Dative | tenellō | tenellō | tenellīs | ||||
| Accusative | tenellum | tenellam | tenellum | tenellōs | tenellās | tenella | |
| Ablative | tenellō | tenellā | tenellō | tenellīs | |||
| Vocative | tenelle | tenella | tenellum | tenellī | tenellae | tenella | |
References
- “tenellus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- tenellus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- tenellus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- tenellus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016