tenuis e, adj. with comp. tenuior and sup. tenuissimus 2 TA-, drawn out, meagre, slim, thin, lank, slender: Pinna, H.: acus, fine, O.: avena, V.: animae (defunctorum), O.

—Of texture, thin, fine, close: vestes, O.: togae, H.: toga filo tenuissima, O.: natura oculos membranis tenuissimis saepsit.

—Of substance, thin, rare, fine, slight: caelum: athereus locus tenuissimus est: agmen (militum), L.

—Little, slight, trifling, inconsiderable, insignificant, poor, mean: oppidum: aqua, shallow, L.: tenuem fontibus adfer aquam, i. e. a little water, O.: sulcus, V.: Insignis tenui fronte Lycoris, low, H.: semita, narrow, V.: cibus, Ph.: opes: census, H.: praeda, Cs.: tenuissimum lumen: ventus, a breeze, V.

—Of persons, poor: servus sit an liber, pecuniosus an tenuis.

—Plur m. as subst: tenuīs praemio, stultos errore permovit: fortunae constitui tenuiorum videbantur: cuiusque censum tenuissimi auxerant.

—Fig., fine, nice, delicate, subtle, exact: distinctio: cura, O.: rationes non ad tenue elimatae.

—Weak, trifling, insignificant, mean, poor, slight: tenuissima valetudo, delicate, Cs.: sermo: in tenuissimis rebus labi: artificium: spes tenuior: curae, V.

—Low in rank, mean, inferior, common: tenuiores, the lower orders: tenuis L. Virginius unusque de multis: tenuissimus quisque: adulescentes tenui loco orti, L.