tenuisn.

/ˈtɛn(j)uːɪs/

Forms: Plural tenues /ˈtɛn(j)uːiːz/.

Etymology: Latin, = thin, slender, fine: used in Craston's Latin version of Lascaris's Greek Grammar 1480, and in other early Greek grammars, to translate Greek ψῑλόν ‘bare, smooth’, applied by Aristotle to the consonants κ, τ, π (for which Priscian's term was lēvis smooth), as opposed to the aspiratae or aspirates (in Greek δασέα, plural of δασύ rough, thick).

Grammar and Phonetics.

One of the Greek letters κ, τ, π, or the corresponding k, t, p of Latin, English, and other languages; esp. the sounds represented by these; also called surds, hard mutes, and by Bell breath stops.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > speech sound by manner > [noun] > obstruent > stop > voiceless

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1480 Craston Lascaris Erotemata a iij Mutæ..quarum tenues quidem tres, cappa, pi, taf.]

1650 E. Reeve Introd. Greeke Tongue 38 The Tenuis consonant..is changed into his aspirate: as, ἀϕ' ἡμῶν for ἀπὸ ἡμῶν.1841 R. G. Latham Eng. Lang. 103 The Tenues of the Classics..are sharp, the Mediæ flat.1842 Proc. Philol. Soc. 1 7 When the final letter of the verb was one of the tenues..t was substituted.1887 F. M. Müller in Fortn. Rev. May 705 The tenuis becomes aspirate in Low-German.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

单词	tenuis
释义	tenuisn. /ˈtɛn(j)uːɪs/ Forms: Plural tenues /ˈtɛn(j)uːiːz/. Etymology: Latin, = thin, slender, fine: used in Craston's Latin version of Lascaris's Greek Grammar 1480, and in other early Greek grammars, to translate Greek ψῑλόν ‘bare, smooth’, applied by Aristotle to the consonants κ, τ, π (for which Priscian's term was lēvis smooth), as opposed to the aspiratae or aspirates (in Greek δασέα, plural of δασύ rough, thick). Grammar and Phonetics. One of the Greek letters κ, τ, π, or the corresponding k, t, p of Latin, English, and other languages; esp. the sounds represented by these; also called surds, hard mutes, and by Bell breath stops. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > speech sound by manner > [noun] > obstruent > stop > voiceless tenuis1650 lene1751 surd1789 1480 Craston Lascaris Erotemata a iij Mutæ..quarum tenues quidem tres, cappa, pi, taf.] 1650 E. Reeve Introd. Greeke Tongue 38 The Tenuis consonant..is changed into his aspirate: as, ἀϕ' ἡμῶν for ἀπὸ ἡμῶν.1841 R. G. Latham Eng. Lang. 103 The Tenues of the Classics..are sharp, the Mediæ flat.1842 Proc. Philol. Soc. 1 7 When the final letter of the verb was one of the tenues..t was substituted.1887 F. M. Müller in Fortn. Rev. May 705 The tenuis becomes aspirate in Low-German. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1650
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