tenuo
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈte.nu.oː/, [ˈtɛ.nʊ.oː]
Verb
tenuō (present infinitive tenuāre, perfect active tenuāvi, supine tenuātum); first conjugation
- I make thin
- I reduce or lessen
- I wear down
Inflection
| Conjugation of tenuo (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 | tenuāverimus | tenuāveritis | 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 | tenuātūrus esse | tenuārī | tenuātus esse | tenuātum īrī | |
| participles | tenuāns | — | tenuātūrus | — | tenuātus | tenuandus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| nominative | genitive | dative/ablative | accusative | accusative | ablative | ||
| tenuāre | tenuandī | tenuandō | tenuandum | tenuātum | tenuātū | ||
Derived terms
- attenuō
- extenuō
Descendants
- Romanian: înțina
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