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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈte.nu.oː/, [ˈt̪ɛnuoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈte.nu.o/, [ˈt̪ɛːnuo]

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		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		tenuāre	tenuāvisse	tenuātūrum esse	tenuārī	tenuātum esse	tenuātum īrī
participles		tenuāns	—	tenuātūrus	—	tenuātus	tenuandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		tenuandī	tenuandō	tenuandum	tenuandō	tenuātum	tenuātū

Derived terms

• attenuō
• extenuō

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.