Word Meaning

lene definition and meaning

v. t. To lend; to grant; to permit.
a. Smooth; as, the lene breathing.
a. Applied to certain mute consonants, as p, k, and t (or Gr. /, /, /).
n. The smooth breathing (spiritus lenis).
n. Any one of the lene consonants, as p, k, or t (or Gr. /, /, /).