extenuo

See also: extenuó and extenúo

Latin

Etymology

From ex- (intensifying prefix) +‎ tenuō (“to enfeeble, weaken, wear down; to lessen, reduce; to make thin”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ekˈste.nu.oː/, [ɛkˈs̠t̪ɛnuoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ekˈste.nu.o/, [ekˈst̪ɛːnuo]

Verb

extenuō (present infinitive extenuāre, perfect active extenuāvī, supine extenuātum); first conjugation

1. to thin, reduce, diminish

Conjugation

Conjugation of extenuō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	extenuō	extenuās	extenuat	extenuāmus	extenuātis	extenuant
	imperfect	extenuābam	extenuābās	extenuābat	extenuābāmus	extenuābātis	extenuābant
	future	extenuābō	extenuābis	extenuābit	extenuābimus	extenuābitis	extenuābunt
	perfect	extenuāvī	extenuāvistī	extenuāvit	extenuāvimus	extenuāvistis	extenuāvērunt, extenuāvēre
	pluperfect	extenuāveram	extenuāverās	extenuāverat	extenuāverāmus	extenuāverātis	extenuāverant
	future perfect	extenuāverō	extenuāveris	extenuāverit	extenuāverimus	extenuāveritis	extenuāverint
passive	present	extenuor	extenuāris, extenuāre	extenuātur	extenuāmur	extenuāminī	extenuantur
	imperfect	extenuābar	extenuābāris, extenuābāre	extenuābātur	extenuābāmur	extenuābāminī	extenuābantur
	future	extenuābor	extenuāberis, extenuābere	extenuābitur	extenuābimur	extenuābiminī	extenuābuntur
	perfect	extenuātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	extenuātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	extenuātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	extenuem	extenuēs	extenuet	extenuēmus	extenuētis	extenuent
	imperfect	extenuārem	extenuārēs	extenuāret	extenuārēmus	extenuārētis	extenuārent
	perfect	extenuāverim	extenuāverīs	extenuāverit	extenuāverīmus	extenuāverītis	extenuāverint
	pluperfect	extenuāvissem	extenuāvissēs	extenuāvisset	extenuāvissēmus	extenuāvissētis	extenuāvissent
passive	present	extenuer	extenuēris, extenuēre	extenuētur	extenuēmur	extenuēminī	extenuentur
	imperfect	extenuārer	extenuārēris, extenuārēre	extenuārētur	extenuārēmur	extenuārēminī	extenuārentur
	perfect	extenuātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	extenuātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	extenuā	—	—	extenuāte	—
	future	—	extenuātō	extenuātō	—	extenuātōte	extenuantō
passive	present	—	extenuāre	—	—	extenuāminī	—
	future	—	extenuātor	extenuātor	—	—	extenuantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		extenuāre	extenuāvisse	extenuātūrum esse	extenuārī	extenuātum esse	extenuātum īrī
participles		extenuāns	—	extenuātūrus	—	extenuātus	extenuandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		extenuandī	extenuandō	extenuandum	extenuandō	extenuātum	extenuātū

Derived terms

• extenuātiō
• extenuātōrius
• extenuātus

Descendants

• →? Albanian: shtërras
• Asturian: estenar
• Galician: estear
• → English: extenuate
• → French: exténuer
• → Italian: estenuare
• → Portuguese: extenuar
• → Romanian: extenua
• → Spanish: extenuar

References

• “extenuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “extenuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• extenuo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to lend lustre to a subject by one's description: dicendo augere, amplificare aliquid (opp. dicendo extenuare aliquid)
    
  • hope is vanishing by degrees: spes extenuatur et evanescit
    

Portuguese

Verb

extenuo

1. first-person singular present indicative of extenuar