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|lshtext=<b>ex-tĕnŭo</b>: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.,<br /><b>I</b> to [[make]] [[thin]], [[fine]], or [[small]], to [[thin]], [[reduce]], [[diminish]] ([[class]].; syn.: [[attenuo]], [[minuo]]; opp. [[augeo]], [[amplifico]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: [[lignum]] falce, Varr. R. R. 1, 40, 6: aër [[extenuatus]] [[sublime]] fertur, rarefied, Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 101: dentibus extenuatur et molitur [[cibus]], id. ib. 2, 54, 134: in pulverem extenuari, Plin. 18, 16, 43, § 148: in aquas, Ov. M. 5, 429: mediam aciem, Liv. 5, 38, 2; 31, 21, 14: in Piceno lapidibus pluisse et [[Caere]] sortes extenuatas, diminished, id. 21, 62, 5 Drak. (for [[which]], [[shortly]] [[after]]: attenuatae sortes; cf. also id. 22, 1, 11).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic., in medic. lang., to [[diminish]], [[reduce]], [[weaken]], [[alleviate]] a [[disease]]: pituitam, Cels. 6, 6, 8: destillationes, Plin. 21, 21, 89, § 155: albugines, id. 29, 6, 38, § 127: raucitatem, id. 20, 6, 23, § 50: scabiem, id. 32, 10, 51, § 140 et saep.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., to [[diminish]], [[lessen]], [[weaken]]: [[neque]] verbis auget suum [[munus]], sed [[etiam]] extenuat, Cic. Off. 2, 20, 70: locupletissimi cujusque [[census]] extenuarant, tenuissimi auxerant, had made [[too]] [[small]], id. Verr. 2, 2, 55, § 138: [[spes]] nostra extenuatur et evanescit, id. Att. 3, 13, 1: quae [[cogitatio]] molestias extenuat et diluit, id. Tusc. 3, 16, 34: [[crimen]], id. Verr. 2, 5, 40, § 108: famam belli, Liv. 5, 37, 3: extenua forti [[mala]] corde ferendo, Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 57: curas [[mora]] longa, id. P. 1, 3, 26: [[vires]], Hor. S. 1, 10, 14 et saep.—Hence, extĕnŭātus, a, um, P. a., thinned, weakened, [[weak]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit.: ([[copiolae]] meae) sunt extenuatissimae, [[very]] [[much]] thinned, reduced, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, 2.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop.: [[ratio]], Auct. Her. 2, 24, 37.
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