extenuatio
Latin
Etymology
extenuāt- (the perfect passive participial stem of extenuō) + -iō
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ek.ste.nuˈaː.ti.oː/, [ɛk.stɛ.nʊˈaː.ti.oː]
Noun
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
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | extenuātiō | extenuātiōnēs |
| Genitive | extenuātiōnis | extenuātiōnum |
| Dative | extenuātiōnī | extenuātiōnibus |
| Accusative | extenuātiōnem | extenuātiōnēs |
| Ablative | extenuātiōne | extenuātiōnibus |
| Vocative | extenuātiō | extenuātiōnēs |
Descendants
- English: extenuation
- French: exténuation
References
- 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