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extenuatio
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Lewis Short
extĕnŭātĭo (noun F) : extenuo
* A thinning, rarefaction.
* Lit.: vitium,Plin. 17, 26, 39, § 246; Sen. Q. N. 2, 57, 3.
* 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.
* A thinning, rarefaction.
* Lit.: vitium,Plin. 17, 26, 39, § 246; Sen. Q. N. 2, 57, 3.
* 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.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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