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δυοῖν κακοῖν προκειμένοιν τὸ μὴ χεῖρον βέλτιστον → the lesser of two evils, the less bad thing of a pair of bad things, better the devil you know, better the devil you know than the devil you don't, better the devil you know than the devil you don't know, better the devil you know than the one you don't, better the devil you know than the one you don't know, the devil that you know is better than the devil that you don't know, the devil we know is better than the devil we don't, the devil we know is better than the devil we don't know, the devil you know is better than the devil you don't
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|gf=<b>extĕnŭō</b>,¹¹ āvī, ātum, āre, tr.,<br /><b>1</b> rendre mince, menu, ténu, amincir : [[cibus]] extenuatur Cic. Nat. 2, 134, les aliments sont amenuisés ; mediam aciem Liv. 5, 38, 2, dégarnir le centre de la ligne de bataille<br /><b>2</b> affaiblir, rabaisser, diminuer, atténuer : Plin. 21, 155 ; pituitam Cels. Med. 6, 618, arrêter la pituite || [fig.] : [[spes]] extenuatur Cic. Att. 3, 13, 1, l’espoir diminue ; molestias Cic. Tusc. 3, 34, atténuer les peines ; famam belli Liv. 5, 37, 3, diminuer l’importance de la guerre. | |gf=<b>extĕnŭō</b>,¹¹ āvī, ātum, āre, tr.,<br /><b>1</b> rendre mince, menu, ténu, amincir : [[cibus]] extenuatur Cic. Nat. 2, 134, les aliments sont amenuisés ; mediam aciem Liv. 5, 38, 2, dégarnir le centre de la ligne de bataille<br /><b>2</b> affaiblir, rabaisser, diminuer, atténuer : Plin. 21, 155 ; pituitam Cels. Med. 6, 618, arrêter la pituite || [fig.] : [[spes]] extenuatur Cic. Att. 3, 13, 1, l’espoir diminue ; molestias Cic. Tusc. 3, 34, atténuer les peines ; famam belli Liv. 5, 37, 3, diminuer l’importance de la guerre.||[fig.] : [[spes]] extenuatur Cic. Att. 3, 13, 1, l’espoir diminue ; molestias Cic. Tusc. 3, 34, atténuer les peines ; famam belli Liv. 5, 37, 3, diminuer l’importance de la guerre. | ||
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Revision as of 07:37, 14 August 2017
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ex-tĕnŭo: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.,
I to make thin, fine, or small, to thin, reduce, diminish (class.; syn.: attenuo, minuo; opp. augeo, amplifico).
I 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).—
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.—
II 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.
A Lit.: (copiolae meae) sunt extenuatissimae, very much thinned, reduced, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, 2.—
B Trop.: ratio, Auct. Her. 2, 24, 37.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
extĕnŭō,¹¹ āvī, ātum, āre, tr.,
1 rendre mince, menu, ténu, amincir : cibus extenuatur Cic. Nat. 2, 134, les aliments sont amenuisés ; mediam aciem Liv. 5, 38, 2, dégarnir le centre de la ligne de bataille
2 affaiblir, rabaisser, diminuer, atténuer : Plin. 21, 155 ; pituitam Cels. Med. 6, 618, arrêter la pituite || [fig.] : spes extenuatur Cic. Att. 3, 13, 1, l’espoir diminue ; molestias Cic. Tusc. 3, 34, atténuer les peines ; famam belli Liv. 5, 37, 3, diminuer l’importance de la guerre.
