minuebatur
Dictionary entries
- Entry →minuo, minuere, minui, minutus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
lessen, reduce, diminish, impair, abate;
sg. imperf. pass. ind. 3rd
Examples
- G
BELLUM IUGURTHINUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...antea secus cesserat. Neque eo magis cupido Iugurthae minuebatur, quippe qui totum eius regnum animo iam invaserat. Itaque..." - G
BELLUM CATILINAE
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...primo popularis coniurationis concusserat. Neque tamen Catilinae furor minuebatur, sed in dies plura agitare: arma per Italiam locis..."