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Latin
Etymology
From ex- (intensifying prefix) + tenuō (“to enfeeble, weaken, wear down; to lessen, reduce; to make thin”).
Pronunciation
Verb
extenuō (present infinitive extenuāre, perfect active extenuāvī, supine extenuātum); first conjugation
- to thin, reduce, diminish
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References
- “extenuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “extenuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- extenuo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to lend lustre to a subject by one's description: dicendo augere, amplificare aliquid (opp. dicendo extenuare aliquid)
- hope is vanishing by degrees: spes extenuatur et evanescit
Portuguese
Verb
extenuo
- first-person singular present indicative of extenuar