tĕnĕrĭtas (noun F) : id.
* Softness, tenderness.
* Lit.: uvarum,Plin. 15, 24, 29, § 100: brassicae,id. 19, 8, 41, § 141: gemmae,id. 37, 7, 28, § 101: hujus jecori teneritas nulla praefertur,id. 9, 42, 67, § 143.
* Trop.: in primo ortu (rerum) inest teneritas et mollities quaedam, * Cic. Fin. 5, 21, 58 aetatis, Vitr. 4, 1 med.: teneritas Corinthiorum (opp. severus mos Doricorum),id. 1, 2 med.