tenellulusとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Classical Latin) IPA: /teˈnel.lu.lus/, [t̪ɛˈnɛlːʲʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /teˈnel.lu.lus/, [t̪eˈnɛlːulus]

形容詞

tenellulus (feminine tenellula, neuter tenellulum); first/second-declension adjective

1. diminutive of tenellus (“tender, delicate”)
   • c. 84 BCE – 54 BCE, Catullus, Carmina 17.15:

     Cui cum sit viridissimō nūpta flōre puella
     et puella tenellulō dēlicātior haedō,
     adservanda nigerrimīs dīligentius ūvīs,
     lūdere hanc sinit ut lubet, nec pilī facit ūnī,
     nec sē sublevat ex suā parte, sed velut alnus
     in fossā Ligurī jacet suppernāta secūrī,
     tantundem omnia sentiēns quam si nūlla sit usquam;
     tālis iste meus stupor nīl videt, nihil audit,
     ipse quī sit, utrum sit an nōn sit, id quoque nescit.

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使用する際の注意点

Lewis and Short gives the translation "somewhat tender or delicate", which is based on the theory that diminutive adjectives expressed a weakened sense of the base adjective. However, this theory seems to fit poorly with many cases of diminutive adjective use. It seems more likely that in this case, the diminutive had an affectionate force, or emphasized smallness alongside tenderness, thus being better translated as "tender little".

語形変化

First/second-declension adjective.

関連する語

• tenellus

参照

Further reading

• “tenellulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “tenellulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tenellulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.