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feeble voice

  • 1 vocula

    vōcŭla, ae, f. dim. [vox], a small or feeble voice (rare but class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    recreandae voculae causā,

    Cic. Att. 2, 23, 1:

    mea,

    Prop. 1, 16, 27.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    A soft note or tone:

    quanto molliores sunt et delicatiores in cantu flexiones et falsae voculae quam certae et severae?

    Cic. de Or. 3, 25, 98.—
    B.
    A little, petty speech; a little word, particle:

    incurrit haec nostra laurus non solum in oculos, sed jam etiam in voculas malevolorum,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 16, 2:

    significatio hujus voculae (saltem),

    Gell. 12, 14, 5.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > vocula

  • 2 adtenuo

    at-tĕnŭo ( adt-, Lachm., Merk., Weissenb.; att-, Kayser, K. and H., L. Müller), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to make thin or weak; to thin, attenuate; to weaken, enfeeble; to lessen, diminish.
    I.
    Lit.: aëna Signa manus dextras ostendunt adtenuari Saepe salutantūm tactu, * Lucr. 1, 317 (cf.:

    attritum mentum,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43):

    bellum (servile) exspectatione Pompeii attenuatum atque imminutum est, adventu sublatum ac sepultum,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 11, 30:

    legio proeliis attenuata,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 89:

    diutino morbo viribus admodum adtenuatis,

    Liv. 39, 49; 25, 11:

    fame attenuari,

    Vulg. Job, 18, 12; ib. Jer. 14, 18:

    macie attenuari,

    ib. 2 Reg. 13, 4:

    sortes adtenuatae,

    diminished, Liv. 21, 62:

    foliorum exilitate usque in fila attenuatā,

    Plin. 21, 6, 16, § 30:

    (lingua) attenuans lambendo cutem homines,

    id. 11, 37, 65, § 172 al.:

    Non falx attenuat frondatorum arboris umbram,

    Cat. 64, 41:

    adtenuant juvenum vigilatae corpora noctes,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 735 (cf. infra, P. a.):

    patrias opes,

    id. M. 8, 844; so id. P. 4, 5, 38.—
    II.
    Trop.:

    curas lyrā,

    Ov. Tr. 4, 1, 16; 4, 6, 18:

    luctus,

    Albin. ad Liv. 342:

    insignem attenuat deus,

    brings low, abases, Hor. C. 1, 34, 13:

    attenuabit omnes deos terrae,

    Vulg. Soph. 2, 11: hujusmodi partes sunt virtutis amplificandae, si suadebimus; attenuandae, si ab his dehortabimur, Auct. ad. Her. 3, 3, 6:

    attenuabitur gloria Jacob,

    Vulg. Isa. 17, 4.—Hence, attĕnŭātus ( adt-), a, um, P. a., enfeebled, weakened, reduced, weak.
    I.
    Lit.:

    adtenuatus amore,

    Ov. M. 3, 489: continuatione laborum, August. ap. Suet. Tib. 21: fortuna rei familiaris attenuatissima, Auct. ad Her. 4, 41:

    voce paululum attenuatā,

    with a voice a little suppressed, id. ib. 3, 14:

    acuta atque attenuata nimis acclamatio,

    id. ib. 12, 21.— Comp. not in use. — Sup.: fortunae familiares attenuatissimae, Auct. ad Her. 4, 41, 53.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Feeble, destitute, poor (eccl. Lat.):

    Siattenuatus frater tuus vendiderit etc.,

    Vulg. Lev. 25, 25; 25, 35; 25, 47; ib. 2 Esdr. 5, 18. —
    B.
    Esp., of discourse.
    1.
    Shortened, brief: ipsa illa [pro Roscio] juvenilis redundantia [p. 195] multa habet attenuata, Cic. Or. 30, 108.—
    2.
    Too much refined, affected:

    itaque ejus oratio nimiā religione attenuata doctis et attente audientibus erat illustris,

    hence his discourse was so delicately formed, through excessive scrupulousness, Cic. Brut. 82.—
    3.
    Meagre, dry, without ornament: attenuata (oratio) est, quae demissa est usque ad usitatissimam puri sermonis consuetudinem, Auct. ad Her. 4, 8:

    attenuata verborum constructio,

    id. ib. 4, 10, 15.—
    * Adv.: at-tenuātē, simply:

    attenuate presseque dicere,

    Cic. Brut. 55, 201.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > adtenuo

  • 3 attenuo

    at-tĕnŭo ( adt-, Lachm., Merk., Weissenb.; att-, Kayser, K. and H., L. Müller), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to make thin or weak; to thin, attenuate; to weaken, enfeeble; to lessen, diminish.
    I.
    Lit.: aëna Signa manus dextras ostendunt adtenuari Saepe salutantūm tactu, * Lucr. 1, 317 (cf.:

    attritum mentum,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43):

    bellum (servile) exspectatione Pompeii attenuatum atque imminutum est, adventu sublatum ac sepultum,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 11, 30:

    legio proeliis attenuata,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 89:

    diutino morbo viribus admodum adtenuatis,

    Liv. 39, 49; 25, 11:

    fame attenuari,

    Vulg. Job, 18, 12; ib. Jer. 14, 18:

    macie attenuari,

    ib. 2 Reg. 13, 4:

    sortes adtenuatae,

    diminished, Liv. 21, 62:

    foliorum exilitate usque in fila attenuatā,

    Plin. 21, 6, 16, § 30:

    (lingua) attenuans lambendo cutem homines,

    id. 11, 37, 65, § 172 al.:

    Non falx attenuat frondatorum arboris umbram,

    Cat. 64, 41:

    adtenuant juvenum vigilatae corpora noctes,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 735 (cf. infra, P. a.):

    patrias opes,

    id. M. 8, 844; so id. P. 4, 5, 38.—
    II.
    Trop.:

    curas lyrā,

    Ov. Tr. 4, 1, 16; 4, 6, 18:

    luctus,

    Albin. ad Liv. 342:

    insignem attenuat deus,

    brings low, abases, Hor. C. 1, 34, 13:

    attenuabit omnes deos terrae,

    Vulg. Soph. 2, 11: hujusmodi partes sunt virtutis amplificandae, si suadebimus; attenuandae, si ab his dehortabimur, Auct. ad. Her. 3, 3, 6:

    attenuabitur gloria Jacob,

    Vulg. Isa. 17, 4.—Hence, attĕnŭātus ( adt-), a, um, P. a., enfeebled, weakened, reduced, weak.
    I.
    Lit.:

    adtenuatus amore,

    Ov. M. 3, 489: continuatione laborum, August. ap. Suet. Tib. 21: fortuna rei familiaris attenuatissima, Auct. ad Her. 4, 41:

    voce paululum attenuatā,

    with a voice a little suppressed, id. ib. 3, 14:

    acuta atque attenuata nimis acclamatio,

    id. ib. 12, 21.— Comp. not in use. — Sup.: fortunae familiares attenuatissimae, Auct. ad Her. 4, 41, 53.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Feeble, destitute, poor (eccl. Lat.):

    Siattenuatus frater tuus vendiderit etc.,

    Vulg. Lev. 25, 25; 25, 35; 25, 47; ib. 2 Esdr. 5, 18. —
    B.
    Esp., of discourse.
    1.
    Shortened, brief: ipsa illa [pro Roscio] juvenilis redundantia [p. 195] multa habet attenuata, Cic. Or. 30, 108.—
    2.
    Too much refined, affected:

    itaque ejus oratio nimiā religione attenuata doctis et attente audientibus erat illustris,

    hence his discourse was so delicately formed, through excessive scrupulousness, Cic. Brut. 82.—
    3.
    Meagre, dry, without ornament: attenuata (oratio) est, quae demissa est usque ad usitatissimam puri sermonis consuetudinem, Auct. ad Her. 4, 8:

    attenuata verborum constructio,

    id. ib. 4, 10, 15.—
    * Adv.: at-tenuātē, simply:

    attenuate presseque dicere,

    Cic. Brut. 55, 201.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > attenuo

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