miniature portraits

mĭnŭo, ŭi, ūtum, 3, v. a. and n. [Sanscr. mi, lessen, change; Gr. minuô, minuthô; cf.: meiôn = minor; Germ. minder, vermindern].

Act., to make smaller, to lessen, diminish; lit. and trop.

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.—

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.—

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.).

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.—

Trop., petty, paltry, insignificant.

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.—

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.

The little (opp. longa), Calp. Ecl. 5, 7.—

Minutes, points, very small parts, Amm. 20, 3, 2; Gram. Vet. p. 374, 11.—

Comp.:

illa minutiora,

those less important matters, Aur. Vict. Epit. 48, 18.—Hence, adv., in two forms.

mĭnūtē, into small or fine pieces, finely, minutely (class.).

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.—

Trop.

In a petty or paltry manner:

res minutius tractare,

Cic. Fin. 4, 3, 7.—

Minutely, closely, accurately:

minutius et scrupulosius scrutantur omnia,

Quint. 5, 14, 28.—

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.—

With short steps, trippingly:

equus ambulans,

Veg. Vet. 1, 56, 39:

deambulare,

id. ib. 2, 53, 3.

mĭnŭo, ŭi, ūtum, 3, v. a. and n. [Sanscr. mi, lessen, change; Gr. minuô, minuthô; cf.: meiôn = minor; Germ. minder, vermindern].

Act., to make smaller, to lessen, diminish; lit. and trop.

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.—

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.—

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.).

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.—

Trop., petty, paltry, insignificant.

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.—

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.

The little (opp. longa), Calp. Ecl. 5, 7.—

Minutes, points, very small parts, Amm. 20, 3, 2; Gram. Vet. p. 374, 11.—

Comp.:

illa minutiora,

those less important matters, Aur. Vict. Epit. 48, 18.—Hence, adv., in two forms.

mĭnūtē, into small or fine pieces, finely, minutely (class.).

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.—

Trop.

In a petty or paltry manner:

res minutius tractare,

Cic. Fin. 4, 3, 7.—

Minutely, closely, accurately:

minutius et scrupulosius scrutantur omnia,

Quint. 5, 14, 28.—

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.—

With short steps, trippingly:

equus ambulans,

Veg. Vet. 1, 56, 39:

deambulare,

id. ib. 2, 53, 3.