tenuo

== Latin == === Etymology === From tenuis (“fine, slender, thin; feeble, weak; slight, trifling; delicate, subtle, watery; (by extension) phantom”) +‎ -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtɛ.nu.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtɛː.nu.o] === Verb === tenuō (present infinitive tenuāre, perfect active tenuāvī, supine tenuātum); first conjugation to make thin to reduce or lessen Synonyms: diminuō, imminuō, minuō, dēminuō, premō, corripiō Antonyms: augeō, amplificō, extendō, accumulō, cumulō, multiplicō to wear down, weaken, enfeeble Synonyms: dēterō, atterō, effēminō, minuō, frangō, cōnsūmō, afficiō Antonyms: firmō, cōnfirmō, mūniō, fortificō, cōnsolidō, sistō ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== attenuō extenuō ==== Descendants ==== Romanian: înțina English: attenuate === References === “tenuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “tenuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “tenuo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.