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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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S&H Smith & Hall (3)
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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• thin (adj.):
    1. I. Having little density:
      1. 1. tĕnuis (oft. dissyll. in poet.): a t. atmosphere, t. coelum (opp. to crassum), Cic. Fat. 4, 7. t. fleecy clouds, t. lanae vellera, Virg. G. 1, 397 (cf. inania nubila, id. ib. 4, 196).
      2. 2. rārus (not close): t. air, r. aer, Lucr. 2, 107: t. hair, r. coma, Ov. Am. 1, 8, 111: the t.er part of the woods, rariores silvae, Tac. Agr. 37: t. ranks, r. ordines, Liv. 9, 27, ad med.: a t. gown, tunica r., Ov. Am. 1, 5, 13 (but r. vestis, in Cat. 69, 3, is rare, costly). Hence, rallus, Pl. Epid. 2, 2, 46. Phr.: a t. senate, infrequens senatus, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 10 (12), 1: "scatters the rear of darkness t.," (Milton), perh. expr. by laxare tenebras, after Stat. Th. 12, 254.
    2. II. Having little thickness, in dimension:
      1. 1. tĕnuis (see No. 1): a t. needle, t. acus, Ov. Am. 3, 7, 30: a long t. neck, procerum et t. collum, Cic. Brut. 91, 313: a t. toga, t. toga, Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 32: a t. line of march, t. agmen, Liv. 25, 23, ad fin.: a very t. leaf, praetenue folium, Plin. 16, 31, 56: who also has pertenuis, 18, 6, 7, No. 2.
      2. 2. grăcĭlis (slim): t. legs, g. crura, Suet. Ner. 51: a t. pamphlet, g. libellus, Mart. 13, 3, 1: t. (i. e. fine) hair, g. comae, Ov. Am. 1, 14, 23: a very t. stalk, pergracilis caulis, Plin. 25, 13, 101: very t., praegracilis, Tac. A. 4, 57. Fig.: t. vintages, g. vindemiae, Plin. Ep. 9, 20: v. poor, scanty.
      3. 3. exīlis (meagre): a t. thigh, e. femur, Hor. Epod. 8, 10: a t., small, shrivelled heart, e. et exiguum et vietum cor, Cic. Div. 2, 16, 37: very t., perexilis, Col. 11, 2, 60. Fig.: a t. soil, e. solum, Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 67.
      4. 4. măcer, cra, crum: v. lean.
      5. 5. subtīlis (fine-spun): a t. thread, s. filum, Lucr. 4, 86: the t. edge of the sword, s. acies ferri, Sen. Ep. 76, 14 Catul. 64, 63.
      6. 6. lĕvĭdensis: a t. garment, l. vestis, Isid. Orig. 19, 22: fig. in Cic. of a trifling gift. Phr.: a decree was passed against this Romans, under a t. disguise of words, decretum sub levi verborum praetextu adversus Romanos factum est, Liv. 36, 6: a very t. man, homo vegrande macie torridus, Cic. Agr. 2, 34, 93: worn t., attrītus: v. worn.
    3. III. Of liquids:
      1. 1. tĕnuis: t. wine, t. vinum, Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 63.
      2. 2. dīlūtus: a t. drink, d. potio, Cels. 1, 3: v. diluted. It is also applied to the mixing of colours.
    4. IV. Of sounds:
      1. 1. exīlis: a t. voice, e. vox (opp. to plenus), Quint. 11, 3, 15: whereas exiguus expr. a small volume of sound.
      2. 2. tĕnuis: a t. sharp voice, t. et acuta vox, id. 11, 3, 42: praetenuis, id. 11, 3, 41.
      3. 3. pŭsillus: a t. voice, p. vox, id. 11, 3, 32.
      4. 4. dēductus: a t. voice, d. vox, Lucil.: Afran.
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• thin (v.):
    1. I. To render less dense or numerous:
      1. 1. tĕnuo, 1: the sun t.s the thick atmosphere, sol aera spissum tenuat, Sen. N. Q. 5, 3, 3: v. rarefy: to t. the eyebrows, palpebrarum crassitudinem t., id. Ep. 64, 8: Ov.
      2. 2. attĕnuo, 1 (more freq. in prose than preced.): a legion t.'d by battles, legio proeliis attenuata, Caes. B. C. 3, 89: Catul. 64, 41: v. diminish.
      3. 3. extĕnuo, 1: Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 101 (of the air).
      4. 4. intervello, vulsi, vulsum, 3 (to t. by plucking out here and there): to t. the beard, i. barbam, Sen. Ep. 114, 21: Col. 5, 10, 5.
      5. 5. interlĕgo, lēgi, lectum, 3 (syn. of preced.): Virg. G. 2, 366.
      6. 6. expr. by t. t. for t.ing trees: collucare, Cat. R. R. 139; interlūcare, Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 214; sublucare, Fest. Phr.: to t. the hair, mitigare pilos, Plin. 35, 6, 19.
    2. II. To render less thick, in dimension:
      1. 1. tĕnuo, 1: the plough-share is t.'d by use, vomer tenuatur ab usu, Ov. Pont. 2, 7, 43: v. WEAR AWAY.
      2. 2. attĕnuo, 1: to t. the hands of a statue, a. manus signi, Lucr. 1, 317 (by touching).
      3. 3. extĕnuo, 1: to t. wood with a pruning-knife (i. e. pare it), lignum falce e., Varr. R. R. 1, 40, 6.
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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• THIN
1. adj., tenuis (the proper word, not thick; opposed to crassus): subtilis (fine, tender): tritus: attritus (worn thin): gracilis: exilis: macer (lean; opposed to obesus): rarus (not close together; opposed to densus): angustus (narrow, small in the opening; e.g., the neck of a vessel; opposed to latus): liquidus (watery): dilutus (mixed with liquids, made thin; e.g., wine, colors). Very thin, praetenuis; pertenuis: to grow or become thin, macrescere; rarescere liquescere.
2. v. tenuare: extenuare (PROP.): attenuare (PROP. and figuratively): emaciare: liquefacere: diluere: minuere: absumere: consumere (figuratively, to lessen, consume, etc). To thin trees, etc., collucare (thoroughly); interlucare (here and there); intervellere (to cut off branches here and there; ☞ not sublegere in this sense).