deminueritis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →deminuo, deminuere, deminui, deminutus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
make smaller; cut up small; lessen/diminish/reduce (size/number/amount/scope);; weaken; curtail; impair; understate; make diminutive; take away/deduct/deprive;
pl. futperf. act. ind. 2ndpl. perf. act. subj. 2nd
Examples
Domitianus
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...temptavit quidem ad relevandos castrenses sumptus, numerum militum deminuere; sed cum et obnoxium se barbaris per hoc animadverteret..."Liber VII
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI VII DE BELLO GALLICOCUM A. HIRTI SUPPLEMENTO
"...civitate iudicare neque de sua in Aeduos benevolentia deminuere. Ipse maiorem Galliae motum exspectans, ne ab omnibus civitatibus..."