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Latin
Etymology
littera (“letter”) + tenuis (“thin, slender”)
Pronunciation
Noun
littera tenuis f (genitive litterae tenuis); first declension
- (grammar, Late Latin) the unaspirated voiceless stops in Ancient Greek (π, τ, κ) as opposed to the aspirated voiceless stops (φ, χ, θ)
Declension
First-declension noun with a third-declension adjective.