tenuo

Latin

Etymology

From tenuis (“fine, slender, thin; feeble, weak; slight, trifling; delicate, subtle, watery; (by extension) phantom”) +‎ -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈte.nu.oː/, [ˈt̪ɛnuoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈte.nu.o/, [ˈt̪ɛːnuo]

Verb

tenuō (present infinitive tenuāre, perfect active tenuāvī, supine tenuātum); first conjugation

1. to make thin
2. to reduce or lessen

   Synonyms: diminuō, imminuō, minuō, dēminuō, premō, corripiō

   Antonyms: augeō, amplificō, extendō, accumulō, cumulō, multiplicō

3. to wear down, weaken, enfeeble

   Synonyms: dēterō, atterō, effēminō, minuō, frangō, cōnsūmō, afficiō

   Antonyms: firmō, cōnfirmō, mūniō, fortificō, cōnsolidō, sistō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of tenuō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	tenuō		tenuās		tenuat		tenuāmus		tenuātis		tenuant
	imperfect	tenuābam		tenuābās		tenuābat		tenuābāmus		tenuābātis		tenuābant
	future	tenuābō		tenuābis		tenuābit		tenuābimus		tenuābitis		tenuābunt
	perfect	tenuāvī		tenuāvistī		tenuāvit		tenuāvimus		tenuāvistis		tenuāvērunt, tenuāvēre
	pluperfect	tenuāveram		tenuāverās		tenuāverat		tenuāverāmus		tenuāverātis		tenuāverant
	future perfect	tenuāverō		tenuāveris		tenuāverit		tenuāverimus		tenuāveritis		tenuāverint
passive	present	tenuor		tenuāris, tenuāre		tenuātur		tenuāmur		tenuāminī		tenuantur
	imperfect	tenuābar		tenuābāris, tenuābāre		tenuābātur		tenuābāmur		tenuābāminī		tenuābantur
	future	tenuābor		tenuāberis, tenuābere		tenuābitur		tenuābimur		tenuābiminī		tenuābuntur
	perfect	tenuātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	tenuātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	tenuātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	tenuem		tenuēs		tenuet		tenuēmus		tenuētis		tenuent
	imperfect	tenuārem		tenuārēs		tenuāret		tenuārēmus		tenuārētis		tenuārent
	perfect	tenuāverim		tenuāverīs		tenuāverit		tenuāverīmus		tenuāverītis		tenuāverint
	pluperfect	tenuāvissem		tenuāvissēs		tenuāvisset		tenuāvissēmus		tenuāvissētis		tenuāvissent
passive	present	tenuer		tenuēris, tenuēre		tenuētur		tenuēmur		tenuēminī		tenuentur
	imperfect	tenuārer		tenuārēris, tenuārēre		tenuārētur		tenuārēmur		tenuārēminī		tenuārentur
	perfect	tenuātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	tenuātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		tenuā		—		—		tenuāte		—
	future	—		tenuātō		tenuātō		—		tenuātōte		tenuantō
passive	present	—		tenuāre		—		—		tenuāminī		—
	future	—		tenuātor		tenuātor		—		—		tenuantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		tenuāre			tenuārī			tenuāns			—
future		tenuātūrum esse			tenuātum īrī			tenuātūrus			tenuandus
perfect		tenuāvisse			tenuātum esse			—			tenuātus
future perfect		—			tenuātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		tenuātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		tenuandī		tenuandō		tenuandum		tenuandō		tenuātum		tenuātū

Derived terms

• attenuō
• extenuō

Descendants

• Romanian: înțina
• English: attenuate

References

• “tenuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “tenuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tenuo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.