Latin

Verb

extenuō ‎(present infinitive extenuāre, perfect active extenuāvī, supine extenuātum); first conjugation

1. I thin, reduce, diminish

Conjugation

Derived terms

• extenuātiō
• extenuātōrius
• extenuātus

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “extenuo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (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