attenuo

attenuō (adt-) āvī, ātus, āre

ad + tenuo, to make thin, attenuate, lessen, diminish : iuvenum corpora, O.: sortes attenuatae, the tablets had diminished (a sign of adversity), L.—Fig., to reduce, impair, lessen, diminish, weaken : insignem, to abase , H.: (legio) proeliis attenuata, Cs.: caede vires, L.: bellum expectatione, make less formidable : voragine ventris opes, waste , O.: curas, O.