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mĭnŭo

  • 1 minuo

    mĭnŭo, ŭi, ūtum, 3, v. a. and n. [Sanscr. mi, lessen, change; Gr. minuô, minuthô; cf.: meiôn = minor; Germ. minder, vermindern].
    I.
    Act., to make smaller, to lessen, diminish; lit. and trop.
    A.
    Lit. (rare and mostly poet.):

    ramaliaque arida tecto Detulit, et minuit,

    broke in pieces, Ov. M. 8, 645:

    ligna,

    to chop into small pieces, id. F. 2, 647:

    portarum objectus,

    to dash in pieces, Stat. Th. 10, 526:

    dentes in limine,

    id. ib. 10, 47:

    sanguinem,

    to let blood, Veg. Vet. 1, 16, 2;

    in the same signif., simply minuere,

    id. ib. 1, 22, 1.—
    B.
    Trop., to lessen, diminish, lower, reduce, weaken, abate, restrict (very freq. and class.):

    imperium matris,

    Plaut. As. 3, 1, 6:

    sumptus civitatum,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 2:

    (rem familiarem),

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 177:

    gradum,

    Quint. 2, 3, 7:

    gloriam alicujus,

    Cic. Fl. 12, 28:

    molestias vitae,

    id. Fin. 1, 16, 51:

    cupiditates,

    id. ib.:

    invidiam,

    id. Agr. 1, 5, 14:

    opem,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 33:

    auctoritatem,

    id. B. C. 3, 43:

    minuuntur corporis artus,

    grow less, diminish in size, Ov. M. 7, 317:

    minuuntur corpora siccis,

    Plin. 11, 54, 118, § 283:

    consul alter proelio uno et vulnere suo minutus,

    discouraged, Liv. 21, 52, 2 (al. deminutus):

    suspicionem profectionis,

    Cic. Att. 10, 16, 4:

    controversias,

    to settle, put an end to, Caes. B. G. 5, 26:

    minuenda est haec opinio,

    to be refuted, Cic. Off. 1, 22, 72:

    magistratum, censuram,

    to restrict the power of, to limit, Liv. 4, 24:

    majestatem populi Romani per vim,

    to violate, offend against, Cic. Phil. 1, 9, 21:

    matris imperium,

    Plaut. As. 3, 1, 6:

    religionem,

    Nep. Ages. 4, 8:

    nec tu ea causa minueris Haec quae facis, ne is mutet suam sententiam,

    Ter. And. 2, 3, 19:

    consilium,

    to alter, change, id. Hec. 4, 3, 10:

    condemnationem,

    to commute, Gai. Inst. 3, 224; 4, 57.—
    II.
    Neutr., to diminish, grow less:

    minuente aestu,

    at the ebbing of the tide, Caes. B. G. 3, 12, 1:

    minuente lunā,

    waning, Pall. 3, 24; Sedul. 1, 243; cf.:

    crescentis minuentisque sideris species,

    Plin. 37, 10, 67, § 181.—Hence, mĭnūtus, a, um, P. a. (diminished; hence), little, small, minute (class.).
    A.
    Lit.: pueri minuti (opp. majores), Varr. ap. Non. 141, 18: id [p. 1148] omnes magni minutique, Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 45.—Of things:

    litterae,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 68:

    minuta ac brevia folia,

    Plin. 12, 24, 53, § 111:

    ossa,

    Lucr. 1, 835:

    opuscula,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 38, 120:

    itinera,

    Suet. Aug. 82:

    aere minuto qualiacumque somnia vendere,

    Juv. 6, 546:

    facies minutae,

    miniature portraits, id. 14, 291.— Comp.:

    minutior ac mage pollens,

    Lucr. 4, 318.— Sup.:

    minutissimis ictibus excarnificatus,

    Suet. Vit. 17:

    res,

    little things, trifles, Cic. Clu. 64, 180:

    res minutissimae et contemptibiles,

    Aug. Conf. 10, 35, 4:

    aves,

    Col. 8, 5, 10.—
    B.
    Trop., petty, paltry, insignificant.
    1.
    Of persons:

    alii minuti et angusti,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 18, 61:

    philosophi,

    id. Div. 1, 30, 62:

    imperatores,

    id. Brut. 73, 256:

    plebes,

    Phaedr. 4, 6, 13.—
    2.
    Of things: canto carmina versibus minutis, Poët. ap. Plin. Ep. 4, 27, 4:

    genus orationis,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 38, 159:

    minuti est animi voluptas ultio,

    Juv. 13, 189.— Hence, subst.: mĭnūtum, i, n., the smallest piece of money, a mite, farthing:

    novissimum reddere,

    Vulg. Luc. 12, 59; cf.:

    aes minutum,

    id. ib. 21, 2.— Plur.
    (α).
    The little (opp. longa), Calp. Ecl. 5, 7.—
    (β).
    Minutes, points, very small parts, Amm. 20, 3, 2; Gram. Vet. p. 374, 11.—
    (γ).
    Comp.:

    illa minutiora,

    those less important matters, Aur. Vict. Epit. 48, 18.—Hence, adv., in two forms.
    1.
    mĭnūtē, into small or fine pieces, finely, minutely (class.).
    A.
    Lit.:

    sal minute tritus,

    Col. 6, 17, 7:

    minutissime commolere,

    id. 12, 28, 1:

    historia minutissime scripta,

    in an extremely small hand, Sen. Ep. 95, 2.—
    B.
    Trop.
    (α).
    In a petty or paltry manner:

    res minutius tractare,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 3, 7.—
    (β).
    Minutely, closely, accurately:

    minutius et scrupulosius scrutantur omnia,

    Quint. 5, 14, 28.—
    2.
    mĭnūtim, into small pieces, finely, minutely (ante-class. and post-Aug.):

    concidere,

    Cato, R. R. 123:

    scoria minutim fracta,

    Plin. 34, 18, 51, § 171; Gell. 17, 8, 2.—
    B.
    With short steps, trippingly:

    equus ambulans,

    Veg. Vet. 1, 56, 39:

    deambulare,

    id. ib. 2, 53, 3.

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  • 2 minuō

        minuō uī, ūtus, ere    [3 MAN-], to make small, lessen, diminish, divide into small pieces: Mullum in singula pulmenta, H.: ligna, chop into small pieces, O.: minuendo corpus alebat, by feeding on it, O.— To diminish, ebb: minuente aestu, at ebbtide, Cs.—Fig., to lessen, diminish, lower, reduce, weaken, abate, restrict. Ut aliqua pars laboris minuatur mihi, T.: meum consilium, change, T.: neque cupido Iugurthae minuebatur, S.: (rem familiarem), H.: gloriam Pompei: auctoritatem, Cs.: minuunt ea corporis artūs, grow less, diminish in size, O.: proelio uno et volnere suo minutus, discouraged, L.: controversias, settle, Cs.: minuenda est haec opinio, to be refuted: magistratum, restrict, L.: censuram, limit, L.: maiestatem populi R. per vim, offend against: religionem, N.: ne quid de dignitate generum minuatur.
    * * *
    minuere, minui, minutus V
    lessen, reduce, diminish, impair, abate

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  • 3 minuo

    , minui, minutum
    I.
    To less, diminish, decrease, grow smaller.
    II.
    to draw blood, let blood, to bleed (someone).

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  • 4 com-minuō (conm-)

        com-minuō (conm-) uī, ūtus, ere,    to divide into small parts, break, crumble, crush, split: scalas, S.: anulum. — To lessen, diminish: argenti pondus, H.: opes civitatis. — Fig., to weaken, impair, violate: officium.—To humble, reduce, crush, humiliate, prostrate: alqm: lacrimis comminuēre meis, overcome, O.: vires ingenii.

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  • 5 dē-minuō

        dē-minuō uī, ūtus, ere,    to make smaller, lessen, diminish: deminutae copiae, Cs.: militum vires inopia frumenti deminuerat, Cs.: de bonis, i. e. to alienate in part: praedia. — Fig., to take away, abate, lessen, reduce, remit, impair: de huius praesidiis: ne quid de legibus eorum, Cs.: de suā in Aeduos benevolentiā, Cs.: quicquam ex regiā potestate, L.: alicui timor studia deminuit, Cs.: partem aliquam iuris: nihil eius (maiestatis), L.: imperium populi R.—With capite, to deprive of citizenship: mulier, quae se capite numquam deminuit, i. e. by marriage: deminuti capite, enslaved, L.

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  • 6 dī-minuō

        dī-minuō    see dimminuō.

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  • 7 minutum

    mĭnŭo, ŭi, ūtum, 3, v. a. and n. [Sanscr. mi, lessen, change; Gr. minuô, minuthô; cf.: meiôn = minor; Germ. minder, vermindern].
    I.
    Act., to make smaller, to lessen, diminish; lit. and trop.
    A.
    Lit. (rare and mostly poet.):

    ramaliaque arida tecto Detulit, et minuit,

    broke in pieces, Ov. M. 8, 645:

    ligna,

    to chop into small pieces, id. F. 2, 647:

    portarum objectus,

    to dash in pieces, Stat. Th. 10, 526:

    dentes in limine,

    id. ib. 10, 47:

    sanguinem,

    to let blood, Veg. Vet. 1, 16, 2;

    in the same signif., simply minuere,

    id. ib. 1, 22, 1.—
    B.
    Trop., to lessen, diminish, lower, reduce, weaken, abate, restrict (very freq. and class.):

    imperium matris,

    Plaut. As. 3, 1, 6:

    sumptus civitatum,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 2:

    (rem familiarem),

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 177:

    gradum,

    Quint. 2, 3, 7:

    gloriam alicujus,

    Cic. Fl. 12, 28:

    molestias vitae,

    id. Fin. 1, 16, 51:

    cupiditates,

    id. ib.:

    invidiam,

    id. Agr. 1, 5, 14:

    opem,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 33:

    auctoritatem,

    id. B. C. 3, 43:

    minuuntur corporis artus,

    grow less, diminish in size, Ov. M. 7, 317:

    minuuntur corpora siccis,

    Plin. 11, 54, 118, § 283:

    consul alter proelio uno et vulnere suo minutus,

    discouraged, Liv. 21, 52, 2 (al. deminutus):

    suspicionem profectionis,

    Cic. Att. 10, 16, 4:

    controversias,

    to settle, put an end to, Caes. B. G. 5, 26:

    minuenda est haec opinio,

    to be refuted, Cic. Off. 1, 22, 72:

    magistratum, censuram,

    to restrict the power of, to limit, Liv. 4, 24:

    majestatem populi Romani per vim,

    to violate, offend against, Cic. Phil. 1, 9, 21:

    matris imperium,

    Plaut. As. 3, 1, 6:

    religionem,

    Nep. Ages. 4, 8:

    nec tu ea causa minueris Haec quae facis, ne is mutet suam sententiam,

    Ter. And. 2, 3, 19:

    consilium,

    to alter, change, id. Hec. 4, 3, 10:

    condemnationem,

    to commute, Gai. Inst. 3, 224; 4, 57.—
    II.
    Neutr., to diminish, grow less:

    minuente aestu,

    at the ebbing of the tide, Caes. B. G. 3, 12, 1:

    minuente lunā,

    waning, Pall. 3, 24; Sedul. 1, 243; cf.:

    crescentis minuentisque sideris species,

    Plin. 37, 10, 67, § 181.—Hence, mĭnūtus, a, um, P. a. (diminished; hence), little, small, minute (class.).
    A.
    Lit.: pueri minuti (opp. majores), Varr. ap. Non. 141, 18: id [p. 1148] omnes magni minutique, Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 45.—Of things:

    litterae,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 68:

    minuta ac brevia folia,

    Plin. 12, 24, 53, § 111:

    ossa,

    Lucr. 1, 835:

    opuscula,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 38, 120:

    itinera,

    Suet. Aug. 82:

    aere minuto qualiacumque somnia vendere,

    Juv. 6, 546:

    facies minutae,

    miniature portraits, id. 14, 291.— Comp.:

    minutior ac mage pollens,

    Lucr. 4, 318.— Sup.:

    minutissimis ictibus excarnificatus,

    Suet. Vit. 17:

    res,

    little things, trifles, Cic. Clu. 64, 180:

    res minutissimae et contemptibiles,

    Aug. Conf. 10, 35, 4:

    aves,

    Col. 8, 5, 10.—
    B.
    Trop., petty, paltry, insignificant.
    1.
    Of persons:

    alii minuti et angusti,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 18, 61:

    philosophi,

    id. Div. 1, 30, 62:

    imperatores,

    id. Brut. 73, 256:

    plebes,

    Phaedr. 4, 6, 13.—
    2.
    Of things: canto carmina versibus minutis, Poët. ap. Plin. Ep. 4, 27, 4:

    genus orationis,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 38, 159:

    minuti est animi voluptas ultio,

    Juv. 13, 189.— Hence, subst.: mĭnūtum, i, n., the smallest piece of money, a mite, farthing:

    novissimum reddere,

    Vulg. Luc. 12, 59; cf.:

    aes minutum,

    id. ib. 21, 2.— Plur.
    (α).
    The little (opp. longa), Calp. Ecl. 5, 7.—
    (β).
    Minutes, points, very small parts, Amm. 20, 3, 2; Gram. Vet. p. 374, 11.—
    (γ).
    Comp.:

    illa minutiora,

    those less important matters, Aur. Vict. Epit. 48, 18.—Hence, adv., in two forms.
    1.
    mĭnūtē, into small or fine pieces, finely, minutely (class.).
    A.
    Lit.:

    sal minute tritus,

    Col. 6, 17, 7:

    minutissime commolere,

    id. 12, 28, 1:

    historia minutissime scripta,

    in an extremely small hand, Sen. Ep. 95, 2.—
    B.
    Trop.
    (α).
    In a petty or paltry manner:

    res minutius tractare,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 3, 7.—
    (β).
    Minutely, closely, accurately:

    minutius et scrupulosius scrutantur omnia,

    Quint. 5, 14, 28.—
    2.
    mĭnūtim, into small pieces, finely, minutely (ante-class. and post-Aug.):

    concidere,

    Cato, R. R. 123:

    scoria minutim fracta,

    Plin. 34, 18, 51, § 171; Gell. 17, 8, 2.—
    B.
    With short steps, trippingly:

    equus ambulans,

    Veg. Vet. 1, 56, 39:

    deambulare,

    id. ib. 2, 53, 3.

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  • 8 dimminuō

        dimminuō —, —, ere    [dis- + minuo], to break to pieces, shatter, break: tibi caput, T.: Dimminuetur tibi cerebrum, T.
    * * *
    dimminuere, -, - V TRANS

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  • 9 minūtus

        minūtus adj.    [P. of minuo], little, small, minute: pisciculi, T.: maculae: facies minutae, miniatures, Iu.: res, trifles.—Fig., petty, paltry, insignificant: imperatores: animus: plebes, Ph.: genus sermonis: minuti animi voluptas, Iu.
    * * *
    minuta, minutum ADJ
    small, insignificant, petty

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  • 10 adfligo

    af-flīgo (better adf-), ixi, ictum, 3, v. a. (afflixint = afflixerint, Front. ad M. Caes. 3, 3).
    I.
    Lit., to strike or beat a thing to some point, to cast or throw down or against, to dash, somewhere by striking; esp. of ships which are driven or cast away by the wind. —Constr. with ad or dat.:

    te ad terram, scelus, adfligam,

    I will dash thee to the earth, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 15, and id. Rud. 4, 3, 71:

    nolo equidem te adfligi,

    id. Most. 1, 4, 19:

    statuam,

    to throw down, overthrow, Cic. Pis. 38; so,

    monumentum,

    id. Cael. 32: domum, id. pro Dom. 40: (alces) si quo adflictae casu conciderint, Caes. B. G. 6, 27:

    infirmas arbores pondere adfligunt,

    id. ib.:

    tempestas naves Rhodias adflixit, ita ut, etc.,

    dashed them about, shattered them, id. B. C. 3, 27.—So in descriptions of a battle:

    equi atque viri adflicti, etc.,

    Sall. J.101,11:

    ubi scalae comminutae, qui supersteterant, adflicti sunt,

    were thrown down, id. ib. 60, 7:

    ubi Mars communis et victum saepe erigeret et adfligeret victorem,

    Liv. 28, 19:

    imaginem solo,

    Tac. H. 1, 41:

    caput saxo,

    to dash against, id. A. 4, 45:

    aquila duos corvos adflixit et ad terram dedit,

    Suet. Aug. 96 Ruhnk.; so id. Dom. 23.— Poet., Ov. M. 12, 139; 14, 206; Sil. 9, 631.—
    II.
    Fig.
    A.
    To ruin, weaken, cast down, prostrate: cum prospero flatu ejus (fortunae) utimur, ad exitus pervehimur optatos;

    et cum reflavit, adfligimur,

    Cic. Off. 2, 6:

    virtus nostra nos adflixit,

    has ruined, id. Fam. 14, 4; id. Sest. 7:

    Pompeius ipse se adflixit,

    id. Att. 2, 19:

    senectus enervat et adfligit homines,

    id. Sen. 70:

    opes hostium,

    Liv. 2, 16:

    aliquem bello,

    id. 28, 39:

    Othonianas partes,

    Tac. H. 2, 33:

    amicitias,

    Suet. Tib. 51; so id. Aug. 66 et saep.—
    B.
    To reduce, lower, or lessen in value (syn. minuo):

    hoc oratoris esse maxime proprium, rem augere posse laudando, vituperandoque rursus adfligere,

    to bring down, Cic. Brut. 12.— Trop., of courage, to cast down, dishearten, to diminish, lessen, impair:

    animos adfligere et debilitare metu,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 15, 34.—
    C.
    Adfligere causam susceptam, to let a lawsuit which has been undertaken fall through, to give up, abandon, Cic. Sest. 41, 89.—Hence, afflictus ( adf-), a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Cast down, ill used, wretched, miserable, unfortunate, distressed; lit. and trop.:

    naves,

    damaged, shattered, Caes. B. G. 4, 31:

    Graecia perculsa et adflicta et perdita,

    Cic. Fl. 7:

    ab adflictā amicitiā transfugere et ad florentem aliam devolare,

    id. Quint. 30:

    non integra fortuna, at adflicta,

    id. Sull. 31:

    adflictum erigere,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 29.— Comp.:

    adflictiore condicione esse,

    id. Fam. 6,1;

    hence: res adflictae (like accisae and adfectae),

    disordered, embarrassed, ruined circumstances, affairs in a bad state, ill condition, Sall. J. 76, 6; so Luc. 1, 496; Just. 4, 5:

    copiae,

    Suet. Oth. 9.—
    B.
    Fig.
    1.
    Of the mind: cast down, dejected, discouraged, desponding:

    aegritudine adflictus, debilitatus, jacens,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 16:

    luctu,

    id. Phil. 9, 5:

    maerore,

    id. Cat. 2, 1:

    adflictus vitam in tenebris luctuque trahebam,

    Verg. A. 2, 92; Suet. Oth. 9.—
    2.
    Of character, like abjectus, abandoned, outcast, depraved, low, mean, base, vile:

    homo adflictus et perditus,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 10:

    nemo tam adflictis est moribus, quin, etc.,

    Macr. S. 6, 7.— Sup. and adv. not used.

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  • 11 affligo

    af-flīgo (better adf-), ixi, ictum, 3, v. a. (afflixint = afflixerint, Front. ad M. Caes. 3, 3).
    I.
    Lit., to strike or beat a thing to some point, to cast or throw down or against, to dash, somewhere by striking; esp. of ships which are driven or cast away by the wind. —Constr. with ad or dat.:

    te ad terram, scelus, adfligam,

    I will dash thee to the earth, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 15, and id. Rud. 4, 3, 71:

    nolo equidem te adfligi,

    id. Most. 1, 4, 19:

    statuam,

    to throw down, overthrow, Cic. Pis. 38; so,

    monumentum,

    id. Cael. 32: domum, id. pro Dom. 40: (alces) si quo adflictae casu conciderint, Caes. B. G. 6, 27:

    infirmas arbores pondere adfligunt,

    id. ib.:

    tempestas naves Rhodias adflixit, ita ut, etc.,

    dashed them about, shattered them, id. B. C. 3, 27.—So in descriptions of a battle:

    equi atque viri adflicti, etc.,

    Sall. J.101,11:

    ubi scalae comminutae, qui supersteterant, adflicti sunt,

    were thrown down, id. ib. 60, 7:

    ubi Mars communis et victum saepe erigeret et adfligeret victorem,

    Liv. 28, 19:

    imaginem solo,

    Tac. H. 1, 41:

    caput saxo,

    to dash against, id. A. 4, 45:

    aquila duos corvos adflixit et ad terram dedit,

    Suet. Aug. 96 Ruhnk.; so id. Dom. 23.— Poet., Ov. M. 12, 139; 14, 206; Sil. 9, 631.—
    II.
    Fig.
    A.
    To ruin, weaken, cast down, prostrate: cum prospero flatu ejus (fortunae) utimur, ad exitus pervehimur optatos;

    et cum reflavit, adfligimur,

    Cic. Off. 2, 6:

    virtus nostra nos adflixit,

    has ruined, id. Fam. 14, 4; id. Sest. 7:

    Pompeius ipse se adflixit,

    id. Att. 2, 19:

    senectus enervat et adfligit homines,

    id. Sen. 70:

    opes hostium,

    Liv. 2, 16:

    aliquem bello,

    id. 28, 39:

    Othonianas partes,

    Tac. H. 2, 33:

    amicitias,

    Suet. Tib. 51; so id. Aug. 66 et saep.—
    B.
    To reduce, lower, or lessen in value (syn. minuo):

    hoc oratoris esse maxime proprium, rem augere posse laudando, vituperandoque rursus adfligere,

    to bring down, Cic. Brut. 12.— Trop., of courage, to cast down, dishearten, to diminish, lessen, impair:

    animos adfligere et debilitare metu,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 15, 34.—
    C.
    Adfligere causam susceptam, to let a lawsuit which has been undertaken fall through, to give up, abandon, Cic. Sest. 41, 89.—Hence, afflictus ( adf-), a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Cast down, ill used, wretched, miserable, unfortunate, distressed; lit. and trop.:

    naves,

    damaged, shattered, Caes. B. G. 4, 31:

    Graecia perculsa et adflicta et perdita,

    Cic. Fl. 7:

    ab adflictā amicitiā transfugere et ad florentem aliam devolare,

    id. Quint. 30:

    non integra fortuna, at adflicta,

    id. Sull. 31:

    adflictum erigere,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 29.— Comp.:

    adflictiore condicione esse,

    id. Fam. 6,1;

    hence: res adflictae (like accisae and adfectae),

    disordered, embarrassed, ruined circumstances, affairs in a bad state, ill condition, Sall. J. 76, 6; so Luc. 1, 496; Just. 4, 5:

    copiae,

    Suet. Oth. 9.—
    B.
    Fig.
    1.
    Of the mind: cast down, dejected, discouraged, desponding:

    aegritudine adflictus, debilitatus, jacens,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 16:

    luctu,

    id. Phil. 9, 5:

    maerore,

    id. Cat. 2, 1:

    adflictus vitam in tenebris luctuque trahebam,

    Verg. A. 2, 92; Suet. Oth. 9.—
    2.
    Of character, like abjectus, abandoned, outcast, depraved, low, mean, base, vile:

    homo adflictus et perditus,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 10:

    nemo tam adflictis est moribus, quin, etc.,

    Macr. S. 6, 7.— Sup. and adv. not used.

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  • 12 comminuo

    com-mĭnŭo, ŭi, ūtum, 3, v. a., to make small, either by breaking into many small parts, or by removing parts from the whole (class. in prose and poetry).
    I.
    To separate into small parts, to break or crumble to pieces, to crush, split, etc.: saxo cere comminuit brum, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 412 (Ann. v. 586 Vahl.):

    fores et postes securibus,

    Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 31:

    ossa atque artua illo scipione,

    id. Men. 5, 2, 103:

    tibi caput,

    id. Rud. 4, 4, 74:

    illi statuam... deturbant, affligunt, comminuunt, dissipant,

    Cic. Pis. 38, 93:

    scalas,

    Sall. J. 60, 7:

    anulum,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 25, § 56:

    lapidem,

    Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 233:

    vitrea,

    Stat. S. 1, 6, 73:

    fabas molis,

    Ov. Med. Fac. 72:

    vasa crystallina,

    Petr. 64.—Also of medicines:

    calculos,

    Plin. 20, 4, 13, § 23.—Fig.: diem articulatim, i.e. to divide into hours, Plaut. ap. Gell. 3, 3, 5.—
    II.
    To lessen, diminish.
    A.
    Lit. (very rare): argenti pondus et auri, * Hor. S. 1, 1, 43:

    opes civitatis,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 37, § 98:

    regni opes,

    Sall. J. 62, 1.—
    2.
    Transf. to persons:

    re familiari comminuti sumus,

    Cic. Att. 4, 3, 6.—
    B.
    Trop. (freq.), to weaken, impair, enervate:

    nullum esse officium tam sanctum atque solenne, quod non avaritia comminuere atque violare soleat,

    Cic. Quint. 8, 26:

    ingenia,

    Quint. 1, 7, 33; cf.:

    ingenii vires,

    Ov. P. 3, 3, 34;

    and, animum,

    Plin. Ep. 9, 2, 1.—
    2.
    Transf. to persons:

    Viriathus, quem C. Laelius praetor fregit et comminuit,

    Cic. Off. 2, 11, 40;

    so of enemies,

    Flor. 1, 3, 3; 2, 6, 28:

    nec te natalis origo Comminuit (i. e. animum tuum),

    Ov. M. 12, 472:

    lacrimis comminuēre meis, i.e. vinceris, commoveberis,

    id. H. 3, 134.

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  • 13 deminuo

    dē-mĭnŭo, ui, ūtum, 3, v. a., to lessen by taking from, i. e. to make smaller, to lessen, diminish (cf. diminuo, to break up into small parts—freq. and class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    de mina una quinque nummos,

    Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 10:

    istum laborem tibi,

    Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 43 (cf. Wagner ad loc.):

    ne de bonis quae Octavii fuissent deminui pateretur,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 3, § 10; cf. Cic. de Or. 3, 49, 189:

    deminuunt aequora venti,

    Lucr. 5, 268; 390:

    deminutae copiae,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 31, 3; 7, 73; id. B. C. 3, 2; Liv. 2, 1; Tac. A. 12, 64 al.:

    militum vires inopia frumenti deminuerat,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 52; Tac. A. 13, 58:

    fenore deminuto,

    Suet. Aug. 41:

    arborem,

    Tac. A. 13, 58 al. —
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to take away from, abate, lessen, etc.:

    de hujus praesidiis deminuturum putavit,

    Cic. Sull. 1, 2:

    neque de tanta voluptate et gratulatione quicquam fortuna deminuerat,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 53, 6:

    aliquid de jure aut de legibus,

    id. ib. 7, 33; Liv. 8, 34:

    de sua in Aeduos benevoientia,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 43, 4:

    de libertate mea,

    Cic. Planc. 38:

    ex regia potestate,

    Liv. 2, 1:

    alicui timor studia deminuit,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 31, 4:

    partem aliquam juris,

    Cic. Caecin. 2, 5; cf. Liv. 4, 24:

    sententiam hujus interdicti (coupled with inflrmata),

    Cic. Caecin, 13, 38:

    dignitatem nostri collegii,

    id. Brut. 1:

    potentiam,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 18, 8:

    lenitatem imperitantis,

    Tac. A. 16, 28:

    curam,

    Prop. 2, 18, 21 (3, 10, 21 M.) al.: se capite deminuere, to lose or forfeit civil rights, be deprived of citizenship, Cic. Top. 4, 18; 6, 29; Liv. 22, 60, 15; cf. caput, no. III. 1. b.—
    B.
    Esp. in grammat. lang., to form into a diminutive:

    sacellum ex sacro deminutum est,

    Gell. 6, 12, 6: deminuuntur adverbia, ut primum, primule; longe, longule, etc., Don. p. 21 Lind. N. cr. Cf.: deminutus, deminutio, and deminutivus.— Hence, dēmĭnūtus, a, um, P. a. (very rare), diminished, small, diminutive.
    A.
    In gen.:

    deminutior qualitas,

    Tert. adv. Marc. 2, 9.—
    B.
    In grammat. lang., diminutive, hupokoristikos (for which, later, deminutivus): pro nomine integro positum sit deminutum (viz. in the expression magnum peculiolum), Quint. 1, 5, 46.

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  • 14 deminutus

    dē-mĭnŭo, ui, ūtum, 3, v. a., to lessen by taking from, i. e. to make smaller, to lessen, diminish (cf. diminuo, to break up into small parts—freq. and class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    de mina una quinque nummos,

    Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 10:

    istum laborem tibi,

    Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 43 (cf. Wagner ad loc.):

    ne de bonis quae Octavii fuissent deminui pateretur,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 3, § 10; cf. Cic. de Or. 3, 49, 189:

    deminuunt aequora venti,

    Lucr. 5, 268; 390:

    deminutae copiae,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 31, 3; 7, 73; id. B. C. 3, 2; Liv. 2, 1; Tac. A. 12, 64 al.:

    militum vires inopia frumenti deminuerat,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 52; Tac. A. 13, 58:

    fenore deminuto,

    Suet. Aug. 41:

    arborem,

    Tac. A. 13, 58 al. —
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to take away from, abate, lessen, etc.:

    de hujus praesidiis deminuturum putavit,

    Cic. Sull. 1, 2:

    neque de tanta voluptate et gratulatione quicquam fortuna deminuerat,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 53, 6:

    aliquid de jure aut de legibus,

    id. ib. 7, 33; Liv. 8, 34:

    de sua in Aeduos benevoientia,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 43, 4:

    de libertate mea,

    Cic. Planc. 38:

    ex regia potestate,

    Liv. 2, 1:

    alicui timor studia deminuit,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 31, 4:

    partem aliquam juris,

    Cic. Caecin. 2, 5; cf. Liv. 4, 24:

    sententiam hujus interdicti (coupled with inflrmata),

    Cic. Caecin, 13, 38:

    dignitatem nostri collegii,

    id. Brut. 1:

    potentiam,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 18, 8:

    lenitatem imperitantis,

    Tac. A. 16, 28:

    curam,

    Prop. 2, 18, 21 (3, 10, 21 M.) al.: se capite deminuere, to lose or forfeit civil rights, be deprived of citizenship, Cic. Top. 4, 18; 6, 29; Liv. 22, 60, 15; cf. caput, no. III. 1. b.—
    B.
    Esp. in grammat. lang., to form into a diminutive:

    sacellum ex sacro deminutum est,

    Gell. 6, 12, 6: deminuuntur adverbia, ut primum, primule; longe, longule, etc., Don. p. 21 Lind. N. cr. Cf.: deminutus, deminutio, and deminutivus.— Hence, dēmĭnūtus, a, um, P. a. (very rare), diminished, small, diminutive.
    A.
    In gen.:

    deminutior qualitas,

    Tert. adv. Marc. 2, 9.—
    B.
    In grammat. lang., diminutive, hupokoristikos (for which, later, deminutivus): pro nomine integro positum sit deminutum (viz. in the expression magnum peculiolum), Quint. 1, 5, 46.

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  • 15 diminuo

    dī-mĭnŭo (or dimmĭnuo), ĕre, v. a., to break into small pieces, to dash to pieces, to break (v. deminuo—rare;

    perh. only ante-class.): qui ego illi speculo dimminuam caput,

    Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 109; cf.:

    caput homini,

    id. Men. 2, 2, 30:

    caput tuum,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 33:

    cerebrum tibi,

    id. Ad. 4, 2, 32; Lucr. 1, 614.—
    II.
    To violate, outrage, destroy by outrage:

    veritates,

    Vulg. Psa. 11, 1:

    de verbis libri,

    id. Apoc. 22, 19 (perh. deminuerit is a better reading).

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  • 16 dimminuo

    dī-mĭnŭo (or dimmĭnuo), ĕre, v. a., to break into small pieces, to dash to pieces, to break (v. deminuo—rare;

    perh. only ante-class.): qui ego illi speculo dimminuam caput,

    Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 109; cf.:

    caput homini,

    id. Men. 2, 2, 30:

    caput tuum,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 33:

    cerebrum tibi,

    id. Ad. 4, 2, 32; Lucr. 1, 614.—
    II.
    To violate, outrage, destroy by outrage:

    veritates,

    Vulg. Psa. 11, 1:

    de verbis libri,

    id. Apoc. 22, 19 (perh. deminuerit is a better reading).

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  • 17 extenuo

    ex-tĕnŭo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to make thin, fine, or small, to thin, reduce, diminish (class.; syn.: attenuo, minuo; opp. augeo, amplifico).
    I.
    Lit.:

    lignum falce,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 40, 6:

    aër extenuatus sublime fertur,

    rarefied, Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 101:

    dentibus extenuatur et molitur cibus,

    id. ib. 2, 54, 134:

    in pulverem extenuari,

    Plin. 18, 16, 43, § 148:

    in aquas,

    Ov. M. 5, 429:

    mediam aciem,

    Liv. 5, 38, 2; 31, 21, 14:

    in Piceno lapidibus pluisse et Caere sortes extenuatas,

    diminished, id. 21, 62, 5 Drak. (for which, shortly after: attenuatae sortes; cf. also id. 22, 1, 11).—
    B.
    In partic., in medic. lang., to diminish, reduce, weaken, alleviate a disease:

    pituitam,

    Cels. 6, 6, 8:

    destillationes,

    Plin. 21, 21, 89, § 155:

    albugines,

    id. 29, 6, 38, § 127:

    raucitatem,

    id. 20, 6, 23, § 50:

    scabiem,

    id. 32, 10, 51, § 140 et saep.—
    II.
    Trop., to diminish, lessen, weaken:

    neque verbis auget suum munus, sed etiam extenuat,

    Cic. Off. 2, 20, 70:

    locupletissimi cujusque census extenuarant, tenuissimi auxerant,

    had made too small, id. Verr. 2, 2, 55, § 138:

    spes nostra extenuatur et evanescit,

    id. Att. 3, 13, 1:

    quae cogitatio molestias extenuat et diluit,

    id. Tusc. 3, 16, 34:

    crimen,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 40, § 108:

    famam belli,

    Liv. 5, 37, 3:

    extenua forti mala corde ferendo,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 57:

    curas mora longa,

    id. P. 1, 3, 26:

    vires,

    Hor. S. 1, 10, 14 et saep.—Hence, extĕnŭātus, a, um, P. a., thinned, weakened, weak.
    A.
    Lit.: (copiolae meae) sunt extenuatissimae, very much thinned, reduced, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, 2.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    ratio,

    Auct. Her. 2, 24, 37.

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  • 18 minuisco

    mĭnŭisco, ĕre, v. n. [minuo], to grow less, to diminish, Aus. Ephem. fin. dub.

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  • 19 minute

    mĭnūtē, adv., v. minuo, P. a. fin.

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  • 20 minutim

    mĭnūtim, adv., v. minuo, P. a. fin.

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