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Menander, Monostichoi, 519

Latin > English

extenuo extenuare, extenuavi, extenuatus V :: make thin; diminish

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.

Latin > German (Georges)

ex-tenuo, āvī, ātum, āre, dünn machen, verdünnen, klein machen, schmal machen, I) eig.: 1) im allg.: aëra, Sen.: u. so aër extenuatus (Ggstz. aër concretus), Cic.: cibum extenuare, kleinmachen, Cic.: lignum falce, Varro: bracteas aureas in fila, Eccl.: extenuari in pulverem, klar werden wie Staub, Plin.: extenuari in aquas, zerfließen, zergehen, Ov.: sortes extenuatae, kleiner gewordene, Liv.: crassitudines columnarum, die Dicke der Säulen verringern, Vitr. – 2) insbes.: a) als mediz. t. t., verdünnen, abmagern, corpus curā, corpus fame, Cels.: corpus inediā in decimum diem, Cels.: si venter non extenuatur, Cels. – b) als milit. t. t., ausdehnen, langhin dehnen, angustiae extenuabant agmen, Liv.: extenuatā suorum acie, Sall. – II) übtr., verdünnend schmälern, vermindern, schwächen, a) im allg.: sumptus, Cic.: aciem, Liv.: vires, Liv.: scabiem, vitia, Plin.: spem, crimen, Cic.: curas, Ov. – b) in der Darstellung etw. verkleinern, herabsetzen (Ggstz. exaggerare, augere), censum, Cic.: suum munus, Cic.: famam belli, Liv.: opes, Liv.: magnorum facta deorum, Ov.