copiolae N F

ex-tĕnŭo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to make thin, fine, or small, to thin, reduce, diminish (class.; syn.: attenuo, minuo; opp. augeo, amplifico).

Lit.:

lignum falce,

Varr. R. R. 1, 40, 6:

aër extenuatus sublime fertur,

rarefied, Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 101:

dentibus extenuatur et molitur cibus,

id. ib. 2, 54, 134:

in pulverem extenuari,

Plin. 18, 16, 43, § 148:

in aquas,

Ov. M. 5, 429:

mediam aciem,

Liv. 5, 38, 2; 31, 21, 14:

in Piceno lapidibus pluisse et Caere sortes extenuatas,

diminished, id. 21, 62, 5 Drak. (for which, shortly after: attenuatae sortes; cf. also id. 22, 1, 11).—

In partic., in medic. lang., to diminish, reduce, weaken, alleviate a disease:

pituitam,

Cels. 6, 6, 8:

destillationes,

Plin. 21, 21, 89, § 155:

albugines,

id. 29, 6, 38, § 127:

raucitatem,

id. 20, 6, 23, § 50:

scabiem,

id. 32, 10, 51, § 140 et saep.—

Trop., to diminish, lessen, weaken:

neque verbis auget suum munus, sed etiam extenuat,

Cic. Off. 2, 20, 70:

locupletissimi cujusque census extenuarant, tenuissimi auxerant,

had made too small, id. Verr. 2, 2, 55, § 138:

spes nostra extenuatur et evanescit,

id. Att. 3, 13, 1:

quae cogitatio molestias extenuat et diluit,

id. Tusc. 3, 16, 34:

crimen,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 40, § 108:

famam belli,

Liv. 5, 37, 3:

extenua forti mala corde ferendo,

Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 57:

curas mora longa,

id. P. 1, 3, 26:

vires,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 14 et saep.—Hence, extĕnŭātus, a, um, P. a., thinned, weakened, weak.

Lit.: (copiolae meae) sunt extenuatissimae, very much thinned, reduced, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, 2.—

Trop.:

ratio,

Auct. Her. 2, 24, 37.