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to chop into small pieces

  • 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.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > minuo

  • 2 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.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > minutum

  • 3 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

    Latin-English dictionary > minuō

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