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Italian
Verb
attenuo
- first-person singular present indicative of attenuare
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Latin
Etymology
From ad- + tenuō (“make thin”).
Pronunciation
Verb
attenuō (present infinitive attenuāre, perfect active attenuāvī, supine attenuātum); first conjugation
- to make thin, attenuate, thin, reduce
- to make weak, weaken, lessen, diminish, attenuate, enfeeble
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References
- “attenuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “attenuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- attenuo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.