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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TENUIS

Ten "u *is, n.; pl. Tenues. Etym: [NL. , fr. L. tenuis fine, thin. See Tenuous. ] (Gr. Gram. )

 

Defn: One of the three surd mutes k, p, t; -- so called in relation to their respective middle letters, or medials, g, b, d, and their aspirates, x, f, th. The term is also applied to the corresponding letters and articulate elements in other languages.

 

Duden Dictionary

tenuis

te nu is Adjektiv Medizin tenue |t e nuis |lateinisch tenuis dünn, zart

 

Tenuis

Te nu is Substantiv, feminin , die |T e nuis |die Tenuis; Genitiv: der Tenuis, Tenues |[…e:s ]|stimmloser Verschlusslaut (z. B. p ); Gegensatz Media 1