The Jews of old examined their maids ex tenui membrana, called Hymen, which Laurentius in his anatomy, Columbus lib.
E tenui casa saepe vir magnus exit, many a worthy man comes out of a poor cottage.
Hor Ep II i 225 'tenui deducta poemata filo' stands somewhere between the two senses.
In tenui labor, at tenuis non gloria=--Slight is the subject of my work, but not the glory.
E tenui casa sæpe vir magnus exit=--A great man often steps forth from a humble cottage.
Footnote 1: Insignem tenui fronte Lycorida Cyri torret amor-- But tenuis is small or narrow rather than low.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "tenui" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
