teneritudo

Latin

Etymology

From tener (“soft, delicate, tender”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /te.ne.riˈtuː.doː/, [t̪ɛnɛrɪˈt̪uːd̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /te.ne.riˈtu.do/, [t̪eneriˈt̪uːd̪o]

Noun

teneritūdō f (genitive teneritūdinis); third declension

1. softness, delicateness, tenderness

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	teneritūdō	teneritūdinēs
Genitive	teneritūdinis	teneritūdinum
Dative	teneritūdinī	teneritūdinibus
Accusative	teneritūdinem	teneritūdinēs
Ablative	teneritūdine	teneritūdinibus
Vocative	teneritūdō	teneritūdinēs

Related terms

• tenellulus
• tener
• tenerē
• teneritās

References

• “teneritudo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• teneritudo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• teneritudo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.