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tenellus

somewhat tender

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Where it lives

Casina 1 · 1.29/10k
Metamorphoses 3 · 0.56/10k
Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum 1 · 0.14/10k
Noctes Atticae 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

tĕnellus — Lewis & Short

tĕnellus, a, um,

I adj. dim. [tener], somewhat tender or delicate (very rare): bella et tenella Casina, Plaut. Cas. 1, 20: vates, Domit. Mart. poët. ap. Suet. Gram. 16: ungulae pullorum equinorum, Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 11: vultus, Stat. S. 5, 5, 86: tenellum enim cito facit putre (aqua), Varr. R. R. 1, 41, 2.

In the wild

tenellis Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 19.7.10
tenella Apuleius, Metamorphoses 3.24
tenellae Apuleius, Metamorphoses 5.22
tenella Apuleius, Metamorphoses 5.18.p2
tenellam Plautus, Casina 1.1
tenellis Bede, Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum 2.5.p5

Where it came from

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