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

to thin, reduce, diminish

Conjugation

Conjugation of extenuō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		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
subjunctive		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
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	extenuā		—	—	extenuāte		—
active	future	—	extenuātō		extenuātō	—	extenuātōte		extenuantō
passive	present	—	extenuāre		—	—	extenuāminī		—
passive	future	—	extenuātor		extenuātor	—	—		extenuantor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		extenuāre		extenuārī		extenuāns		—
future		extenuātūrum esse		extenuātum īrī		extenuātūrus		extenuandus
perfect		extenuāvisse		extenuātum esse		—		extenuātus
future perfect		—		extenuātum fore		—		—
perfect potential		extenuātūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		extenuandī	extenuandō		extenuandum	extenuandō	extenuātum		extenuātū

Derived terms

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

first-person singular present indicative of extenuar