tenuarent
Dictionary entries
- Entry →tenuo, tenuare, tenuavi, tenuatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
make thin; reduce, lessen; wear down;
pl. imperf. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
Liber Quintus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...terrifico super intonuere cothurno,et quis lasciva vires tenuare Thaliadulce vel heroos gressu truncare tenores.omnia namque animo complexus..."Liber Quartus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...tuas cantu Latio sacravi, Pindare, Thebas. Maximo carmen tenuare tempto; nunc ab intonsa capienda myrto serta, nunc maior..."Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from ACHILLEID
"...ipsa quoque et validos proferre modestius artus et tenuare rudes attrito pollice lanas demonstrat reficitque colos et perdita..."