tenues

Variant of tenuis

tenuis definition

ten·uis (ten′yo̵̅o̅ is)

noun pl. tenues -·ues′ (-yo̵̅o̅ ēz′)

Phonet. an unaspirated voiceless stop

Etymology: ML < L, thin: used as transl. of Gr psilos, bare, unaspirated (so applied by Aristotle)

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