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