TENDER Copy link • TENDER 1. s. Offer, Vid: A small vessel waiting on a larger, navicula; navigium. 2. adj., tener (tender, sensitive; diminutive, tenellus): mollis (soft, gentle): blandus (showing visible signs of affection): amoris plenus (full of love): amans (mostly with genitive of a person tenderly beloved; e.g., uxoris): pius (full of dutiful affection to parents, children, etc.): indulgens (overlooking faults). (The words are found in this connection and order.) amans indulgensque: delicatus (of too fine feelings, tastes, etc.): effeminatus (effeminate): ☞ affectuosus in very late writers; Macrobius, Cassiodorus, Ter. Tender upbraidings, molles querelae: to write a tender letter to anybody, litteras amoris plenas dare ad aliquem: very tender words, verba blandissima, amantissima.