tenuantur
Dictionary entries
- Entry →tenuo, tenuare, tenuavi, tenuatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
make thin; reduce, lessen; wear down;
pl. pres. pass. ind. 3rd
Examples
- P
Metamorphoses IV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...pectusque cadit pronus, commissaque in unum paulatim tereti tenuantur acumine crura. bracchia iam restant: quae restant bracchia tendit..." - P
Ars Amatoria III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...licet sumant, deperit inde nihil. Conteritur ferrum, silices tenuantur ab usu: Sufficit et damni pars caret illa metu..."