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Webster 1913 Edition
Minimus
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1.
A being of the smallest size.
[Obs.]
Shak.
2.
(Anat.)
The little finger; the fifth digit, or that corresponding to it, in either the manus or pes.
Webster 1828 Edition
Minimus
MIN'IMUS
,Noun.
Definition 2024
minimus
minimus
English
Noun
minimus (plural minimi)
- (obsolete) A being of the smallest size.
- William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Get you gone, you dwarf;
You minimus, of hindering knot-grass made;
You bead, you acorn.
- Get you gone, you dwarf;
- William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream
- (dated) The youngest pupil in a school having a particular surname.
- Jones Minimus wants to join the rowing team.
- (anatomy) The little finger; the fifth digit, or that corresponding to it, in either the manus or pes.
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmi.ni.mus/, [ˈmɪ.nɪ.mʊs]
Adjective
minimus (superlative of parvus)
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | minimus | minima | minimum | minimī | minimae | minima | |
| genitive | minimī | minimae | minimī | minimōrum | minimārum | minimōrum | |
| dative | minimō | minimō | minimīs | ||||
| accusative | minimum | minimam | minimum | minimōs | minimās | minima | |
| ablative | minimō | minimā | minimō | minimīs | |||
| vocative | minime | minima | minimum | minimī | minimae | minima | |
Antonyms
References
- minimus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- minimus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “minimus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
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(ambiguous) the faintest suspicion: suspicio tenuissima, minima
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(ambiguous) the faintest suspicion: suspicio tenuissima, minima