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ex-tĕnŭo , āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.,
I.to make thin, fine, or small, to thin, reduce, diminish (class.; syn.: attenuo, minuo; opp. augeo, amplifico).
I. Lit.: “lignum falce,” Varr. R. R. 1, 40, 6: “aër extenuatus sublime fertur,” rarefied, Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 101: “dentibus extenuatur et molitur cibus,” id. ib. 2, 54, 134: “in pulverem extenuari,” Plin. 18, 16, 43, § 148: “in aquas,” Ov. M. 5, 429: “mediam aciem,” Liv. 5, 38, 2; 31, 21, 14: “in Piceno lapidibus pluisse et Caere sortes extenuatas,” diminished, id. 21, 62, 5 Drak. (for which, shortly after: attenuatae sortes; cf. also id. 22, 1, 11).—
B. In partic., in medic. lang., to diminish, reduce, weaken, alleviate a disease: “pituitam,” Cels. 6, 6, 8: “destillationes,” Plin. 21, 21, 89, § 155: “albugines,” id. 29, 6, 38, § 127: “raucitatem,” id. 20, 6, 23, § 50: “scabiem,” id. 32, 10, 51, § 140 et saep.—
II. Trop., to diminish, lessen, weaken: “neque verbis auget suum munus, sed etiam extenuat,” Cic. Off. 2, 20, 70: “locupletissimi cujusque census extenuarant, tenuissimi auxerant,” had made too small, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 55, § 138: “spes nostra extenuatur et evanescit,” id. Att. 3, 13, 1: “quae cogitatio molestias extenuat et diluit,” id. Tusc. 3, 16, 34: “crimen,” Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 40, § 108: “famam belli,” Liv. 5, 37, 3: “extenua forti mala corde ferendo,” Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 57: “curas mora longa,” id. P. 1, 3, 26: “vires,” Hor. S. 1, 10, 14 et saep.—Hence, extĕnŭātus , a, um, P. a., thinned, weakened, weak.
A. Lit.: (copiolae meae) sunt extenuatissimae, very much thinned, reduced, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, 2.—
B. Trop.: “ratio,” Auct. Her. 2, 24, 37.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (18):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 11.13.2
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 3.13.1
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.5.108
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.2.138
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 5.429
    • Horace, Satires, 1.10.14
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 20.50
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 5, 38.2
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 22, 1
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 31, 21
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 21, 62
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 5, 37.3
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 2.39
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 3.16
    • Cicero, De Officiis, 2.20
    • A. Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina, 6.6
    • Ovid, Tristia, 3.3
    • Ovid, Ex Ponto, 1.3
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