tenuetur
Dictionary entries
- Entry →tenuo, tenuare, tenuavi, tenuatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
make thin; reduce, lessen; wear down;
sg. pres. pass. subj. 3rd
Examples
Liber XI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...spadonum et mulierum et aegrorum exilitatem vox nostra tenuetur, quod ambulatio, unctio, veneris abstinentia, facilis ciborum digestio..."VIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...receptis premitur alimentis, ad puriores meatus ieiunio fameque tenuetur. contigit tibi magna experimentorum materia, medice: aegri..."