minuet
Dictionary entries
- Entry →minuo, minuere, minui, minutus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
lessen, reduce, diminish, impair, abate;
sg. fut. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber VI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...quotiens poterit, et dictum potius aliquando perdet quam minuet auctoritatem. XXXI. Nec accusatorem autem atroci in causa..."Amores I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...formidatas reppulit illa manus. At tu ne dubita—minuet vindicta dolorem— protinus in vultus unguibus ire meos..."