attenuatio

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Latin

Etymology

From attenuāre, attenuō + -tiō.

Noun

attenuātiō f (genitive attenuātiōnis); third declension

  1. The act of diminishing or lessening; attenuation.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative attenuātiō attenuātiōnēs
Genitive attenuātiōnis attenuātiōnum
Dative attenuātiōnī attenuātiōnibus
Accusative attenuātiōnem attenuātiōnēs
Ablative attenuātiōne attenuātiōnibus
Vocative attenuātiō attenuātiōnēs

Descendants

References

  • attenuatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • attenuatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • attenuatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.