tenellus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From tener + -lus (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /teˈnel.lus/, [t̪ɛˈnɛlːʲʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /teˈnel.lus/, [t̪eˈnɛlːus]
Adjective
[edit]tenellus (feminine tenella, neuter tenellum); first/second-declension adjective
- diminutive of tener (“tender, delicate”)
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | tenellus | tenella | tenellum | tenellī | tenellae | tenella | |
| genitive | tenellī | tenellae | tenellī | tenellōrum | tenellārum | tenellōrum | |
| dative | tenellō | tenellae | tenellō | tenellīs | |||
| accusative | tenellum | tenellam | tenellum | tenellōs | tenellās | tenella | |
| ablative | tenellō | tenellā | tenellō | tenellīs | |||
| vocative | tenelle | tenella | tenellum | tenellī | tenellae | tenella | |
References
[edit]- “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 (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016