minute
Dictionary entries
- Entry →minutus, minuta, minutum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
small, insignificant, petty;
voc. sg. (m.) - Entry →minuo, minuere, minui, minutus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
lessen, reduce, diminish, impair, abate;
voc. sg. perf. pass. part. - Entry →minute, minutius, minutissime:
Adverb
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
in small pieces; in miniature scale; meanly, petty; nicely, w/discrimination;
Examples
Liber II
Aulus Gellius
"...enim significanda est doloris," inquit "non dolentis". Nimis minute ac prope etiam subfrigide Plutarchus in Epicuro accusando lexitherei..."Liber VI
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...aurumque repente conferve facit, e parvis quia facta minute corporibus vis est et levibus ex elementis, quae facile..."Liber I
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...fruges frondesque videri dispertita inter terram latitare minute, postremo in lignis cinerem fumumque videri, cum praefracta forent, ignisque..."Satura XIV
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...caerulei panis consumere frusta, hesternum solitus medio seruare minutal Septembri nec non differre in tempora cenae alterius conchem..."Liber XI
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...notas caryotidas theatris. Hinc exit varium coco minutal, hinc lentem positam fabamque credas; boletos imitatur et botellos..."Liber XII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...oratorum est: XI. quamquam ea non tam est minute atque concise in actionibus utendum quam in disputationibus, quia..."