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.).

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. —

Trop.

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.—

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.

In gen.:

deminutior qualitas,

Tert. adv. Marc. 2, 9.—

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.

dēmĭnūtĭo, ōnis, f. [deminuo], a diminution, decrease, lessening, abatement [p. 542] (good prose).

Lit.:

accretio et deminutio luminis,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 28:

civium,

id. Cat. 3, 10, 24:

vectigalium,

id. Agr. 1, 7, 21:

de bonis privatorum,

id. Off. 2, 21, 73; cf.: tanta de imperio, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 4:

multari imperatorem deminutione provinciae,

i. e. by shortening his term of command, Cic. Prov. Cons. 15 fin. —

Trop.

In gen.:

alicujus libertatis,

Cic. Agr. 2, 7: muliebre fastigium in deminutionem sui accipiens (sui, i. e. his own dignity), Tac. A. 1, 14: mentis, a being out of one's senses (shortly before, alienata mens), Suet. Aug. 99 fin.:

honor aut deminutio,

i. e. dishonor, Plin. 34, 13, 38, § 137.—

Esp. (legal t. t.), the right of alienation of one's estate:

uti Feceniae Hispalae datio deminutio esset,

Liv. 39, 19, 5 (Weissenb. ad loc.).—

Public. t. t.: capitis deminutio, the loss or forfeiture of civil rights, Caes. B. C. 2, 32, 9; Gai. Inst. 1, 160 sq.; Dig. 28, 3, 6, § 6; 25, 3, 7, § 1; Ulp. Reg. 10, 3; cf. Dig. 38, 17, 1: Poste Gai. p. 108;

Sandars,

Just. Inst. Introd. 40 sq.; v. Caput, III. 1. b. —

In grammat. lang., a diminutive form, Quint. 1, 6, 6; cf. ib. 4; Charis. p. 73 P.; 128 P. et saep.

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.—

To violate, outrage, destroy by outrage:

veritates,

Vulg. Psa. 11, 1:

de verbis libri,

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

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.—

To violate, outrage, destroy by outrage:

veritates,

Vulg. Psa. 11, 1:

de verbis libri,

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