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noun · femininethird declension

extenuātiō

extenuātiō f (genitive extenuātiōnis)
Classical[ɛk.stɛ.nuˈaː.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[ek.ste.nuˈat.t͡si.o]

Meaning

  1. literallya thinning or diminishing, rarefaction
  2. figurativelya lessening, diminution, extenuation; as a rhetorical figure, translating the Ancient Greek μείωσις (meíōsis) or ἐλάττωσις (eláttōsis)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeextenuātiōextenuātiōnēs
genitiveextenuātiōnisextenuātiōnum
dativeextenuātiōnīextenuātiōnibus
accusativeextenuātiōnemextenuātiōnēs
ablativeextenuātiōneextenuātiōnibus
vocativeextenuātiōextenuātiōnēs

extĕnŭātĭo, ōnis, f. extenuo,
I. a thinning, rarefaction.
I. Lit.: vitium, Plin. 17, 26, 39, § 246; Sen. Q. N. 2, 57, 3.—
II. Trop., a lessening, diminution, extenuation, as a figure of speech, the Gr. μείωσις or ἐλάττωσις, Cic. de Or. 3, 53, 202; Quint. 9, 1, 28; 9, 2, 3.

Origins

extenuāt- (the perfect passive participial stem of extenuō) + -iō

Descendants
  • Englishextenuation
  • Frenchexténuation
  • Portugueseextenuação

In English words that came into English from extenuātiō

  • extenuationextenuātiō

Quick answers

What does extenuātiō mean in Latin?
extenuātiō, a noun, means “a thinning or diminishing, rarefaction; a lessening, diminution, extenuation; as a rhetorical figure, translating the Ancient Greek μείωσις (meíōsis) or ἐλάττωσις (eláttōsis)”.
What is the genitive of extenuātiō?
The genitive singular is extenuātiōnis. extenuātiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce extenuātiō?
In classical Latin, [ɛk.stɛ.nuˈaː.ti.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ek.ste.nuˈat.t͡si.o].