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

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

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.
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