attenuares
Dictionary entries
- Entry →attenuo, attenuare, attenuavi, attenuatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
thin (out); weaken, lessen, diminish, shrink, reduce in size; make plain;
sg. imperf. act. subj. 2nd
Examples
Liber XIV
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...Pauperiore mero tingere lina potes. CIV Saccus nivarius. Attenuare nives norunt et lintea nostra: Frigidior colo non salit..."ad Polybium
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE
"...quae parva sunt adprobare pro magnis, rursus magna attenuare et ad minima deducere; sed alio istas vires servet..."
