tenuant
Dictionary entries
- Entry →tenuo, tenuare, tenuavi, tenuatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
make thin; reduce, lessen; wear down;
pl. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from ACHILLEID
"...vulneraque alta bibat, quod conspirante veneno inpellat mortes; tenuant umentia saxa attritu et pigris addunt mucronibus iras..."Liber III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...inualidique patrum referant ieiunia nati. ipsa autem macie tenuant armenta uolentes, atque, ubi concubitus primos iam nota uoluptas..."