attenuo

See also: attenuò

Italian

Verb

attenuo

1. first-person singular present indicative of attenuare

Anagrams

• nuotate, tuonate

Latin

Alternative forms

• adtenuō

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Proto-Indo-European *ten-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *tenh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-us

Proto-Indo-European *ténh₂us

Proto-Italic *tən(a)us

Latin tenuis

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin tenuō

Latin attenuō

From ad- + tenuō (“make thin”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [atˈtɛ.nu.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [atˈtɛː.nu.o]

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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		attenuāre			attenuārī			attenuāns			—
future		attenuātūrum esse			attenuātum īrī			attenuātūrus			attenuandus
perfect		attenuāvisse			attenuātum esse			—			attenuātus
future perfect		—			attenuātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		attenuātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		attenuandī		attenuandō		attenuandum		attenuandō		attenuātum		attenuātū

Derived terms

• attenuātē
• attenuātiō
• attenuātus

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.