tenuō āvī, ātus, āre
tenuis,
to make thin, make slender, wear away, dilute, rarefy, attenuate
: adsiduo vomer tenuatur ab usu, O.:
Ipsā autem macie tenuant armenta volentes,
make lean
, V.: tenuatum corpus, H.:
se in undas,
dissolve
, O.: vocis via est tenuata,
contracted
, O.: Luna tenuata, i. e.
waning
, O.—Fig.,
to make small, lessen, diminish, reduce, weaken, enfeeble
: Utque meae famam tenuent oblivia culpae,
O.: virīs amoris, O.:
Magna modis tenuare parvis,
to degrade
, H.
