extenuo

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See also: extenuó and extenúo

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

  1. 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

  1. first-person singular present indicative of extenuar