tenuem

tenuem is a Latin form of tenuis, meaning “thin, slender, fine; slight, weak, poor; simple”. It is the accusative singular masculine adjective or 1st person singular present active subjunctive.

It can also be a form of tenuo, “make thin, reduce, weaken”.

Found 66 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 6.35.8: Atque unus ex captivis "Quid vos," inquit, "hanc miseram ac tenuem sectamini praedam, quibus licet iam esse fortunatissimos?

Lucretius, De Rerum Natura 4.731: tenvem animi naturam intus sensumque lacessunt.

All forms of tenuis (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.