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
- T
Truculentus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...peribit. nam iam de hoc obsonio de mina deminui una modo quinque nummos: mihi detraxi partem Herculaneam..." - T
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..." - T
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..." - L
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..." - L
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..." - P
Liber XVI
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...publicam agi clamitabat; contumacia inferiorum lenitatem imperitantis deminui. nimium mitis ad eam diem patres, qui Thraseam desciscentem..."