tĕner — Lewis & Short
tĕner, ĕra, ĕrum, adj.v. teneo; cf. tenuis, and Sanscr. tanu,
I soft, delicate, tender (class.; cf. mollis).
I Lit.
A In gen.:
nihil est tam tenerum, neque tam flexibile neque quod tam facile sequatur quocumque ducas quam oratio,Cic. de Or. 3, 45, 176; cf. id. Brut. 79, 274;
and v. II. infra): locus bipalio subactus siet beneque terra tenera siet,Cato, R. R. 45, 1; cf.:
serito in loco, ubi terra tenerrima erit,id. ib. 151, 2:
in tenero corpore,Lucr. 3, 765:
procera et tenera palma,Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 2:
radices harundinum,Caes. B. C. 3, 58:
teneris arboribus incisis atque inflexis,id. B. G. 2, 17:
cana legam tenerā lanugine mala,Verg. E. 2, 51:
plantae,id. ib. 10, 49:
caules,Hor. S. 1, 3, 116:
gramen,id. C. 4, 12, 9:
rami,Ov. M. 2, 359:
uvae,id. R. Am. 83:
prata tenerrima,id. A. A. 1, 299:
aër,thin, transparent, Lucr. 2, 145; Verg. A. 9, 699; Ov. M. 4, 616:
alvus,Cels. 3, 18:
gallina,tender, Hor. S. 2, 4, 20; cf.:
ferae tenuiores ad epulas,Gell. 17, 15, 7:
caseus,Prud. Cath. 3, 70:
Dianam tenerae dicite virgines,Hor. C. 1, 21, 1; so,
virgines,id. ib. 4, 1, 26:
conjux,id. ib. 1, 1, 26 Lycidas, id. ib. 1, 4, 19:
saltatores,effeminate, Cic. Pis. 36, 89:
vestem Purpuream teneris quoque Maecenatibus aptam,Juv. 12, 39:
spado,id. 1, 22.—
B In partic., of tender age, young: tener ipse etiam atque puellus, Lucil. ap. Prisc. p. 697 P.:
tener et rudis,Cic. Leg. 1, 17, 47:
tener in cunis et sine voce puer,Prop. 2, 6, 10:
(annus) tener et lactens puerique simillimus aevo Vere novo est,Ov. M. 15, 201:
mares,id. ib. 10, 84:
equis vetulis teneros anteponere solemus,Cic. Lael. 19, 67:
grex,Phaedr. 2, 4, 14:
vitulus,Hor. C. 4, 2, 54:
haedus,id. ib. 3, 18, 5:
tigres,Val. Fl. 1, 491:
manes,the shades of children, Stat. Th. 6, 121.—Of plants, tenerae res, Verg. G. 2, 343:
teneri anni,youthful, tender, Plin. Pan. 15, 1; so,
teneriores anni (opp. ferociores),Quint. 2, 2, 3:
aetates,id. 1, 10, 34:
a teneris, ut Graeci dicunt, unguiculis,i. e. from childhood, Cic. Fam. 1, 6, 2;
for which: de tenero ungui,Hor. C. 3, 6, 24.—Absol.:
a tenero,Quint. 1, 2, 18; cf.:
ut (plantae) eam partem caeli spectent, cui ab tenero consueverunt,Col. 5, 6, 20. — Subst.: tĕnĕri, ōrum, m., the young, boys:
parcendum est teneris,Juv. 14, 215; Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 59;
also: in teneris,in early youth, Verg. G. 2, 272; Quint. 1, 3, 13.—
II Trop.
A In gen., soft, delicate, tender, etc.:
est naturale in animis tenerum quiddam atque molle,Cic. Tusc. 3, 6, 12:
virtus est in amicitia tenera atque tractabilis,id. Lael. 13, 48:
tenerior animus,id. Fam. 5, 21, 3; cf.:
tenerae Mentes,Hor. C. 3, 24, 52; so,
animi,id. S. 1, 4, 128:
pudor,Ov. H. 2, 143:
est oratio mollis et tenera et ita flexibilis, ut, etc.,Cic. Or. 16, 52; cf. id. Brut. 9, 38; cf. I. supra init.; so,
versus,Hor. A. P. 246; Ov. A. A. 2, 273:
carmen,id. Am. 3, 8, 2.—Transf., of elegiac poets:
poëta,Cat. 35, 1; Ov. R. Am. 757:
Propertius,id. A. A. 3, 333:
molli tenerāque voce,Quint. 11, 3, 23:
tenera delicataque modulandi voluptas,id. 9, 4, 31 et saep.—
B In partic., of youthful weakness, tender: tener animus (pueri), Anton. ap. Cic. Att. 14, 13, A, 3; cf.:
horum erroribus teneri statim et rudes animi imbuuntur,Tac. Or. 29; so,
adhuc mentes,Quint. 2, 4, 5.—Hence, adv., tenderly, delicately, softly.
a tĕnĕrē (post-Aug.):
dicere,Tac. Or. 26:
recitare,Plin. Ep. 4, 27, 1:
diligere,Vulg. Gen. 44, 20. — Comp.:
complosit manus,Petr. 24.—Sup.:
derasus cortex,Plin. 23, 3, 35, § 72.—
b † tĕnĕrĭter, only once cited:
teneriter quidam efferunt, ut celeriter: alii vero tenere ut libere,Charis. p. 162 P.