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
- M
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..." - M
VIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...receptis premitur alimentis, ad puriores meatus ieiunio fameque tenuetur. contigit tibi magna experimentorum materia, medice: aegri..."