deminui
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;
sg. perf. act. ind. 1stpres. pass. infin.
Examples
Truculentus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...peribit. nam iam de hoc obsonio de mina deminui una modo quinque nummos: mihi detraxi partem Herculaneam..."Liber V
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...quod cumque alias ex se res auget alitque, deminui debet, recreari, cum recipit res. Praeterea si nulla fuit..."Liber I
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...aeterna pollentia simplicitate, unde neque avelli quicquam neque deminui iam concedit natura reservans semina rebus. Praeterea nisi erit..."Liber II
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA
"...malis obruti sunt, indignatique aliquid ex plenissima libertate deminui seruile in sese adtraxerunt iugum. XV. 1. 'Vt scias..."Liber I
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA
"...bonum est, nemo illam desiderabit ex aliqua parte deminui. 2. Ergo et ira quo maior hoc melior; quis..."Liber XVI
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...publicam agi clamitabat; contumacia inferiorum lenitatem imperitantis deminui. nimium mitis ad eam diem patres, qui Thraseam desciscentem..."