attenuo

See also: attenuò

Italian

Verb

attenuo

1. first-person singular present indicative of attenuare

Anagrams

• nuotate, tuonate

Latin

Alternative forms

• adtenuō

Etymology

From ad- +‎ tenuō (“make thin”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /atˈte.nu.oː/, [ät̪ˈt̪ɛnuoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /atˈte.nu.o/, [ät̪ˈt̪ɛːnuo]

Verb

attenuō (present infinitive attenuāre, perfect active attenuāvī, supine attenuātum); first conjugation

1. to make thin, attenuate, thin, reduce
2. to make weak, weaken, lessen, diminish, attenuate, enfeeble

Conjugation

Conjugation of attenuō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	attenuō	attenuās	attenuat	attenuāmus	attenuātis	attenuant
	imperfect	attenuābam	attenuābās	attenuābat	attenuābāmus	attenuābātis	attenuābant
	future	attenuābō	attenuābis	attenuābit	attenuābimus	attenuābitis	attenuābunt
	perfect	attenuāvī	attenuāvistī	attenuāvit	attenuāvimus	attenuāvistis	attenuāvērunt, attenuāvēre
	pluperfect	attenuāveram	attenuāverās	attenuāverat	attenuāverāmus	attenuāverātis	attenuāverant
	future perfect	attenuāverō	attenuāveris	attenuāverit	attenuāverimus	attenuāveritis	attenuāverint
passive	present	attenuor	attenuāris, attenuāre	attenuātur	attenuāmur	attenuāminī	attenuantur
	imperfect	attenuābar	attenuābāris, attenuābāre	attenuābātur	attenuābāmur	attenuābāminī	attenuābantur
	future	attenuābor	attenuāberis, attenuābere	attenuābitur	attenuābimur	attenuābiminī	attenuābuntur
	perfect	attenuātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	attenuātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	attenuātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	attenuem	attenuēs	attenuet	attenuēmus	attenuētis	attenuent
	imperfect	attenuārem	attenuārēs	attenuāret	attenuārēmus	attenuārētis	attenuārent
	perfect	attenuāverim	attenuāverīs	attenuāverit	attenuāverīmus	attenuāverītis	attenuāverint
	pluperfect	attenuāvissem	attenuāvissēs	attenuāvisset	attenuāvissēmus	attenuāvissētis	attenuāvissent
passive	present	attenuer	attenuēris, attenuēre	attenuētur	attenuēmur	attenuēminī	attenuentur
	imperfect	attenuārer	attenuārēris, attenuārēre	attenuārētur	attenuārēmur	attenuārēminī	attenuārentur
	perfect	attenuātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	attenuātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	attenuā	—	—	attenuāte	—
	future	—	attenuātō	attenuātō	—	attenuātōte	attenuantō
passive	present	—	attenuāre	—	—	attenuāminī	—
	future	—	attenuātor	attenuātor	—	—	attenuantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		attenuāre	attenuāvisse	attenuātūrum esse	attenuārī	attenuātum esse	attenuātum īrī
participles		attenuāns	—	attenuātūrus	—	attenuātus	attenuandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		attenuandī	attenuandō	attenuandum	attenuandō	attenuātum	attenuātū

Derived terms

• attenuātiō
• attenuātus
• attenuātē

 

Related terms

• tenuō

Descendants

• Catalan: atenuar
• English: attenuate
• French: atténuer
• Galician: atenuar
• Italian: attenuare
• Portuguese: atenuar
• Romanian: atenua
• Spanish: atenuar

References

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