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τὸ κακὸν δοκεῖν ποτ' ἐσθλὸν τῷδ' ἔμμεν' ὅτῳ φρένας θεὸς ἄγει πρὸς ἄταν → evil appears as good to him whose mind the god is leading to destruction (Sophocles, Antigone 622f.)
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|gf=<b>extĕnŭātĭō</b>, ōnis, f. ([[extenuo]]), action de rendre mince, ténu, de diminuer : Plin. 17, 246 ; Sen. Nat. 2, 57, 3 || atténuation [rhét.]: Cic. de Or. 3, 202. | |gf=<b>extĕnŭātĭō</b>, ōnis, f. ([[extenuo]]), action de rendre mince, ténu, de diminuer : Plin. 17, 246 ; Sen. Nat. 2, 57, 3 || atténuation [rhét.]: Cic. de Or. 3, 202.||atténuation [rhét.]: Cic. de Or. 3, 202. | ||
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|georg=extenuātio, ōnis, f. ([[extenuo]]), I) das [[Verdünnen]], aëris, Sen. nat. qu. 2, 57, 2: [[vitium]], das [[Auslichten]], Plin. 17, 246. – II) [[als]] rhet. t. t., die Verkleinerung, griech. [[μείωσις]] (Ggstz. [[exaggeratio]]), Cic. de or. 3, 202. | |||
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Latest revision as of 09:23, 15 August 2017
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
extĕnŭātĭo: ōnis, f. extenuo,
I a thinning, rarefaction.
I Lit.: vitium, Plin. 17, 26, 39, § 246; Sen. Q. N. 2, 57, 3.—
II Trop., a lessening, diminution, extenuation, as a figure of speech, the Gr. μείωσις or ἐλάττωσις, Cic. de Or. 3, 53, 202; Quint. 9, 1, 28; 9, 2, 3.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
extĕnŭātĭō, ōnis, f. (extenuo), action de rendre mince, ténu, de diminuer : Plin. 17, 246 ; Sen. Nat. 2, 57, 3 || atténuation [rhét.]: Cic. de Or. 3, 202.
Latin > German (Georges)
extenuātio, ōnis, f. (extenuo), I) das Verdünnen, aëris, Sen. nat. qu. 2, 57, 2: vitium, das Auslichten, Plin. 17, 246. – II) als rhet. t. t., die Verkleinerung, griech. μείωσις (Ggstz. exaggeratio), Cic. de or. 3, 202.
