attenuatio

Latin

Etymology

From attenuāre, attenuō + -tiō.

Noun

attenuātiō f (genitive attenuātiōnis); third declension

  1. The act of diminishing or lessening; attenuation.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative attenuātiō attenuātiōnēs
genitive attenuātiōnis attenuātiōnum
dative attenuātiōnī attenuātiōnibus
accusative attenuātiōnem attenuātiōnēs
ablative attenuātiōne attenuātiōnibus
vocative attenuātiō attenuātiōnēs

Descendants

  • Catalan: atenuació
  • → French: atténuation
  • Galician: atenuación
  • Italian: attenuazione
  • → Portuguese: atenuação
  • Spanish: atenuación

References

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