tĕnĕrĭtūdo

ĭnis, f.

tener

I. softness, tenderness si terra teneritudinem habet, Varr. R. R. 1, 36; casei, Pall. Mai, 9, 2: corticis, id. Jan. 15, 16: pueri primae teneritudinis, Suet. Tib. 44.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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