attenuatio
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From attenuāre, attenuō + -tiō.
Noun edit
attenuātiō f (genitive attenuātiōnis); third declension
- The act of diminishing or lessening; attenuation.
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | attenuātiō | attenuātiōnēs |
| Genitive | attenuātiōnis | attenuātiōnum |
| Dative | attenuātiōnī | attenuātiōnibus |
| Accusative | attenuātiōnem | attenuātiōnēs |
| Ablative | attenuātiōne | attenuātiōnibus |
| Vocative | attenuātiō | attenuātiōnēs |
Descendants edit
- Catalan: atenuació
- → French: atténuation
- Galician: atenuación
- Italian: attenuazione
- → Portuguese: atenuação
- Spanish: atenuación
References edit
- “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.