Latin

Verb

minuō ‎(present infinitive minuere, perfect active minuī, supine minūtum); third conjugation

1. I make smaller, lessen, diminish.

Inflection

Synonyms

• (make smaller, lessen): diminuō

Antonyms

• (make smaller, lessen): augeō

Descendants

• Asturian: menguar
• Interlingua: minuer
• Italian: minuire
• Old Portuguese: menguar, minguar, mengar, mingar
  • Galician: minguar
  • Portuguese: minguar, minuir
• Spanish: menguar, minuir

References

• minuo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• minuo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “minuo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to increase a person's dignity: auctoritatem alicuius amplificare (opp. imminuere, minuere)
    
  • to weaken, diminish a person's hope: spem alicui or alicuius minuere
    
  • to retrench: sumptum minuere