The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tenuis \Ten"u*is\, n.; pl. Tenues. [NL., fr. L. tenuis fine, thin. See Tenuous.] (Gr. Gram.) One of the three surd mutes [kappa], [pi], [tau]; -- so called in relation to their respective middle letters, or medials, [gamma], [beta], [delta], and their aspirates, [chi], [phi], [theta]. The term is also applied to the corresponding letters and articulate elements in other languages.
Wiktionary
a. 1 Of Greek consonants, neither aspirated nor voiced, as [p], [t], [k] 2 (context linguistics English) Of obstruents in other languages, not voiced, aspirated, glottalized, or otherwise different in phonation from the prototypical values of the voiceless IPA letters ([p], [t], [k], [f], [θ], [s], [ʃ], etc.). n. (context linguistics English) a tenuis consonant
Wikipedia
Tenuis, weak or slender in Latin, may refer to:
- Tenuis consonant, a stop or affricate which is unvoiced, unaspirated and unglottalized
- Tenuis tetra, a fish species
Usage examples of "tenuis".
Sapientia et magnitude animi, qua omnes res humanae tenues et pro nihilo putantur, et in cogitando vis quaedam ingenii, et ipsa eloquentia admirationis habet non minus, jucunditatis minus.
Elles ont ete prises pour des images de Marie, et, tenues pour miraculeuses, ont attire des pelerins dans le sanctuaire ou on les avait deposees au sortir de terre.