tenuis: all forms
tenuis means “thin, slender, fine; slight, weak, poor; simple”. Below is its full declension in Latin.
Positive
Positive, singular | Neuter | Forms |
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| Nominative | tenue | tenuis |
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| Genitive | | tenuis |
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| Dative | | tenui |
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| Accusative | tenue | tenuem |
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| Ablative | | tenui · tenue |
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| Vocative | tenue | tenuis |
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Positive, plural | Neuter | Forms |
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| Nominative | tenuia | tenues |
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| Genitive | | tenuium · tenuum |
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| Dative | | tenuibus |
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| Accusative | tenuia | tenuis · tenues |
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| Ablative | | tenuibus |
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| Vocative | tenuia | tenues |
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Comparative
Comparative, singular | Neuter | Forms |
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| Nominative | tenuius | tenuior |
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| Genitive | tenuioris | tenuioris |
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| Dative | | tenuiori |
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| Accusative | tenuius | tenuiorem |
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| Ablative | | tenuiore · tenuiori |
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| Vocative | tenuius | tenuior |
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Comparative, plural | Neuter | Forms |
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| Nominative | tenuiora | tenuiores |
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| Genitive | | tenuiorum |
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| Dative | | tenuioribus |
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| Accusative | tenuiora | tenuiores |
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| Ablative | | tenuioribus |
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| Vocative | tenuiora | tenuiores |
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Superlative
Superlative, singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Forms |
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| Nominative | tenuissimus | tenuissima | tenuissimum | |
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| Genitive | tenuissimi | tenuissimae | tenuissimi | |
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| Dative | tenuissimo | tenuissimae | tenuissimo | |
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| Accusative | tenuissimum | tenuissimam | tenuissimum | |
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| Ablative | tenuissimo | tenuissima | tenuissimo | |
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| Vocative | tenuissime | tenuissima | tenuissimum | |
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Superlative, plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Forms |
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| Nominative | tenuissimi | tenuissimae | tenuissima | |
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| Genitive | tenuissimorum | tenuissimarum | tenuissimorum | |
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| Dative | | | | tenuissimis |
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| Accusative | tenuissimos | tenuissimas | tenuissima | |
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| Ablative | | | | tenuissimis |
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| Vocative | tenuissimi | tenuissimae | tenuissima | |
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Meaning and examples of tenuis
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.