tener – Latin adjective declension

Adjective: tener
Hyphenation:

Declension: First, Second

Nominative

Singular masc.	tener
Singular fem.	tenera
Singular neut.	tenerum
Plural masc.	tenerī
Plural fem.	tenerae
Plural neut.	tenera

Genitive

Singular masc.	tenerī
Singular fem.	tenerae
Singular neut.	tenerī
Plural masc.	tenerōrum
Plural fem.	tenerārum
Plural neut.	tenerōrum

Dative

Singular masc.	tenerō
Singular fem.	tenerae
Singular neut.	tenerō
Plural masc.	tenerīs
Plural fem.	tenerīs
Plural neut.	tenerīs

Accusative

Singular masc.	tenerum
Singular fem.	teneram
Singular neut.	tenerum
Plural masc.	tenerōs
Plural fem.	tenerās
Plural neut.	tenera

Ablative

Singular masc.	tenerō
Singular fem.	tenerā
Singular neut.	tenerō
Plural masc.	tenerīs
Plural fem.	tenerīs
Plural neut.	tenerīs

Vocative

Singular masc.	tener
Singular fem.	tenera
Singular neut.	tenerum
Plural masc.	tenerī
Plural fem.	tenerae
Plural neut.	tenera

Comparison

Comparative	tenerior
Superlative	tenerrimus

Sample Sentences

Adjectives inflected like tener

asper, miser, tener, līber,

Etymology

1. Disputed; either:
2. * From Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch, draw”). Cognates would include Ancient Greek τείνω (teínō), Sanskrit तनोति (tanóti) and Old English þennan.
3. * Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ter- (“soft, weak, tender; young, small”) with dissimilation or metathesis: according to M. de Vaan, from Proto-Italic *terenos along with Sabine terenum (“soft”). Further cognates would include Epic Greek τέρην (térēn, “soft, gentle”), Old Armenian թոռն (tʻoṙn, “grandchild”), Middle Armenian թարմ (tʻarm, “fresh”) and Sanskrit तरुण (táruṇa, “young, tender, juvenile”), तर्ण (tárṇa, “calf”).

Verbs referencing "tener"

English Adjectives tender, Catalan Adjectives tendre, French Adjectives tendre, Romanian Adjectives tânăr, Italian Adjectives tenero, Portuguese Adjectives terno, Romanian Adjectives tandru, Spanish Adjectives tierno, Portuguese Adjectives tenro.