extenuatio
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
extenuāt- (the perfect passive participial stem of extenuō) + -iō
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ek.ste.nuˈaː.ti.oː/, [ɛks̠t̪ɛnuˈäːt̪ioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ek.ste.nuˈat.t͡si.o/, [ekst̪enuˈät̪ː͡s̪io]
Noun[edit]
extenuātiō f (genitive extenuātiōnis); third declension
- (literally) a thinning or diminishing, rarefaction
- (figuratively, in rhetoric) a lessening, diminution, extenuation; as a rhetorical figure, translating the Ancient Greek μείωσις (meíōsis) or ἐλάττωσις (eláttōsis)
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | extenuātiō | extenuātiōnēs |
| Genitive | extenuātiōnis | extenuātiōnum |
| Dative | extenuātiōnī | extenuātiōnibus |
| Accusative | extenuātiōnem | extenuātiōnēs |
| Ablative | extenuātiōne | extenuātiōnibus |
| Vocative | extenuātiō | extenuātiōnēs |
Descendants[edit]
- → English: extenuation
- → French: exténuation
- → Portuguese: extenuação
References[edit]
- “extĕnŭātĭo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “extenuatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- extĕnŭātĭo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 641/1.