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..."- P
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..."