- adtenuatio
- attĕnŭātĭo ( adt- ), ōnis, f. [attenuo], a diminishing, lessening (only in the two foll. exs.): attenuatio suspitionis, Auct. ad Her. 2, 2:
verborum attenuatio,
simplicity, id. ib. 4, 11; cf. attenuatus.
Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and Charles Short. 2011.