Pertenuis, & hoc pertenue. Plin. Verie slender, thinne, simple, small or single.Laminæ pertenues. Plin. Verie thinne places.Pertenuis spes, per translationem.Cicer.Verie smal hope.Res pertenui nobis argumento indicioq, patefacta est.Cic.By a verie slender proofe and token the matter was opened vnto vs.Discrimen pertenue. Cicero, Pertenui discrimine separarentur. Ci. They should be verie litle or nothing a sunder.Suspicio pertennis.Cic.A verie small suspition.Vis pertenuis.Cic.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
per-tĕnŭis, e, adj., very thin, very small or fine.I.Lit.: sabulum pertenue, Plin. 18, 6, 7, 34.—II.Trop., very slight or slender, very weak: spes salutis, Cic. Fam. 14, 3, 2: discrimen, id. Agr. 2, 32, 87: suspicio, id. Clu. 60, 168: argumentum, id. Verr. 1, 6, 17: ars, id. de Or. 1, 23, 107.