thin (v.) Copy link Outline I. To render less dense or numerous1. tĕnuo, 12. attĕnuo, 1 (more freq. in prose than preced.)3. extĕnuo, 14. intervello, vulsi, vulsum, 3 (to t. by plucking out here and there)5. interlĕgo, lēgi, lectum, 3 (syn. of preced.)6. expr. by t. t. for t.ing treesII. To render less thick, in dimension1. tĕnuo, 12. attĕnuo, 13. extĕnuo, 1 • thin (v.): I. To render less dense or numerous: 1. tĕnuo, 1: the sun t.s the thick atmosphere, sol aera spissum tenuat, Sen. N. Q. 5, 3, 3: v. rarefy: to t. the eyebrows, palpebrarum crassitudinem t., id. Ep. 64, 8: Ov. 2. attĕnuo, 1 (more freq. in prose than preced.): a legion t.'d by battles, legio proeliis attenuata, Caes. B. C. 3, 89: Catul. 64, 41: v. diminish. 3. extĕnuo, 1: Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 101 (of the air). 4. intervello, vulsi, vulsum, 3 (to t. by plucking out here and there): to t. the beard, i. barbam, Sen. Ep. 114, 21: Col. 5, 10, 5. 5. interlĕgo, lēgi, lectum, 3 (syn. of preced.): Virg. G. 2, 366. 6. expr. by t. t. for t.ing trees: collucare, Cat. R. R. 139; interlūcare, Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 214; sublucare, Fest. Phr.: to t. the hair, mitigare pilos, Plin. 35, 6, 19. II. To render less thick, in dimension: 1. tĕnuo, 1: the plough-share is t.'d by use, vomer tenuatur ab usu, Ov. Pont. 2, 7, 43: v. WEAR AWAY. 2. attĕnuo, 1: to t. the hands of a statue, a. manus signi, Lucr. 1, 317 (by touching). 3. extĕnuo, 1: to t. wood with a pruning-knife (i. e. pare it), lignum falce e., Varr. R. R. 1, 40, 6.