noun Tenuis n. (pl. tenues) (Gr. Gram.) One of the three surd mutes kappa, pi, tau; so called in relation to their respective middle letters, or medials, gamma, beta, delta, and their aspirates, chi, phi, theta. The term is also applied to the corresponding letters and articulate elements in other languages.
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