tener: all forms
tener means “tender, soft; young”. Below is its full declension in Latin.
Positive
Positive, singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Forms |
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| Nominative | tener | tenera | tenerum | |
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| Genitive | teneri | tenerae | teneri | |
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| Dative | tenero | tenerae | tenero | |
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| Accusative | tenerum | teneram | tenerum | |
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| Ablative | tenero | tenera | tenero | |
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| Vocative | tener | tenera | tenerum | |
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Positive, plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Forms |
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| Nominative | teneri | tenerae | tenera | |
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| Genitive | tenerorum | tenerarum | tenerorum | |
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| Dative | | | | teneris |
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| Accusative | teneros | teneras | tenera | |
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| Ablative | | | | teneris |
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| Vocative | teneri | tenerae | tenera | |
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Comparative
Comparative, singular | Neuter | Forms |
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| Nominative | tenerius | tenerior |
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| Genitive | tenerioris | tenerioris |
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| Dative | | teneriori |
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| Accusative | tenerius | teneriorem |
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| Ablative | | teneriore · teneriori |
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| Vocative | tenerius | tenerior |
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Comparative, plural | Neuter | Forms |
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| Nominative | teneriora | teneriores |
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| Genitive | | teneriorum |
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| Dative | | tenerioribus |
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| Accusative | teneriora | teneriores |
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| Ablative | | tenerioribus |
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| Vocative | teneriora | teneriores |
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Superlative
Superlative, singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Forms |
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| Nominative | tenerrimus | tenerrima | tenerrimum | |
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| Genitive | tenerrimi | tenerrimae | tenerrimi | |
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| Dative | tenerrimo | tenerrimae | tenerrimo | |
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| Accusative | tenerrimum | tenerrimam | tenerrimum | |
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| Ablative | tenerrimo | tenerrima | tenerrimo | |
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| Vocative | tenerrime | tenerrima | tenerrimum | |
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Superlative, plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Forms |
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| Nominative | tenerrimi | tenerrimae | tenerrima | |
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| Genitive | tenerrimorum | tenerrimarum | tenerrimorum | |
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| Dative | | | | tenerrimis |
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| Accusative | tenerrimos | tenerrimas | tenerrima | |
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| Ablative | | | | tenerrimis |
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| Vocative | tenerrimi | tenerrimae | tenerrima | |
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Meaning and examples of tener
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.