minuō, minuere, minuī, minūtum

Definitions for minuere

Wheelock's Latin

Verb

1
to lessen, diminish
English derivatives:
diminish diminuendo diminution diminutive minuet minute minutae menu mince

Oxford Latin Dictionary

Verb

1
To reduce in size or extent, make smaller. (b) to make (the body) slim; (also) to emaciate.
2
To reduce in numbers, amount, or value, make less. (b) (gram.) to form a diminutive of.
3
To reduce to fragments, chop up, pulverize, etc.
4
To lessen, reduce, abate (a condition, feeling, activity, etc.). (b) to modify, tone down (a policy, statement, etc.). (c) to restrict, curtail. (d) (app. w. inf.) to cease gradually (to).
5
To impair, weaken, detract from (something desirable). (v) maiestatem rei publicae (populi Romani, etc.) ~uere, to impair the sovereigh power of the Roman State, i.e. commit lese-majesty. (c) capite (caput) ~uere aliquem, to deprive a person of citizen rights.

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Sentences with minuere

Latin to English

Sic rerum summa novatur semper, et inter se mortales mutua vivunt. augescunt aliae gentes. aliae minuuntur, inque brevi spatio mutantur saecla animantum et quasi cursores vitai lampada traduntCompare Thus the sum of things is everbeing renewed, and mortal creatures live dependent one upon another. Some nations increase, others diminish, and in a short space the generations of living creatures are changed and like runners pass on the torch of life.

Grande profundum est ipse homo. cuius etiam capillos tu, domine, numeratos habes et non minuuntur in te: et tamen capilli eius magis numerabiles quam affectus eius et motus cordis eius.Compare Man is a mighty deep, whose very hairs you have numbered, O Lord, and they are not lessened before you. But man's hairs are easier to count than his affections and the movement of his heart.

Adventus legatus augeo potius timor civitas quam minuo.Compare The arrival of the ambassadors increased rather than diminished the fear of the state.

Imperator res adversus auctoritas minuo.Compare The bad success of commanders lessens their authority.

Cresco inopia omnis, et minuo exspectatio externus opis.Compare The want of all things increases, and the expectation of help from without grows less.

At memoria minuo. Credo, nisi is exerceo, aut si sum natura tardus.Compare But the memory is weakened. I believe this, unless you exercise it, or if you are by nature somewhat slow.

Conjugation table for minuere

Cactus2000

ACTIVE
Indicative present	Indicative imperfect
minuō minuis minuit minuimus minuitis minuunt	minuēbam minuēbās minuēbat minuēbāmus minuēbātis minuēbant
Indicative perfect	Indicative pluperfect
minuī minuistī minuit minuimus minuistis minuērunt / minuēre	minueram minuerās minuerat minuerāmus minuerātis minuerant
Indicative future	Indicative future perfect
minuam minuēs minuet minuēmus minuētis minuent	minuerō minueris minuerit minuerimus minueritis minuerint
Subjunctive present	Subjunctive imperfect
minuam minuās minuat minuāmus minuātis minuant	minuerem minuerēs minueret minuerēmus minuerētis minuerent
Subjunctive perfect	Subjunctive pluperfect
minuerim minueris minuerit minuerimus minueritis minuerint	minuissem minuissēs minuisset minuissēmus minuissētis minuissent
Infinitive present minuere Infinitive perfect minuisse Infinitive future minūtūrum esse	Imperative present minue minuite Imperative future minuitō minuitō minuitōte minuuntō

PASSIVE
Indicative present	Indicative imperfect
minuor minueris minuitur minuimur minuiminī minuuntur	minuēbar minuēbāris / minuēbāre minuēbātur minuēbāmur minuēbāminī minuēbantur
Indicative perfect	Indicative pluperfect
minūtus sum minūtus es minūtus est minūtī sumus minūtī estis minūtī sunt	minūtus eram minūtus erās minūtus erat minūtī erāmus minūtī erātis minūtī erant
Indicative future	Indicative future perfect
minuar minuēris / minuēre minuētur minuēmur minuēminī minuentur	minūtus erō minūtus eris minūtus erit minūtī erimus minūtī eritis minūtī erunt
Subjunctive present	Subjunctive imperfect
minuar minuāris / minuāre minuātur minuāmur minuāminī minuantur	minuerer minuerēris / minuerēre minuerētur minuerēmur minuerēminī minuerentur
Subjunctive perfect	Subjunctive pluperfect
minūtus sim minūtus sīs minūtus sit minūtī sīmus minūtī sītis minūtī sint	minūtus essem minūtus essēs minūtus esset minūtī essēmus minūtī essētis minūtī essent
Infinitive present minuī Infinitive perfect minūtum esse Infinitive future minūtum īrī	Imperative present minuere minuiminī Imperative future minuitor minuitor - minuuntor

	PARTICIPLE
	Participle present active
Nom.	minuēns	minuentēs
Gen.	minuentis	minuentium
Dat.	minuentī	minuentibus
Acc.	minuentem	minuentēs
Abl.	minuente	minuentibus
	Participle future active
Nom.	minūtūrus	minūtūrī
Gen.	minūtūrī	minūtūrōrum
Dat.	minūtūrō	minūtūrīs
Acc.	minūtūrum	minūtūrōs
Abl.	minūtūrō	minūtūrīs
	Participle perfect passive
Nom.	minūtus	minūtī
Gen.	minūtī	minūtōrum
Dat.	minūtō	minūtīs
Acc.	minūtum	minūtōs
Abl.	minūtō	minūtīs
	Gerundive
Nom.	minuendus	minuendī
Gen.	minuendī	minuendōrum
Dat.	minuendō	minuendīs
Acc.	minuendum	minuendōs
Abl.	minuendō	minuendīs
	Gerund	Supine
Nom.	minuere	minūtum
Gen.	minuendī	minūtū
Dat.	minuendō
Acc.	minuendum
Abl.	minuendō

Data sources

Notes

Definitions
Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 206.
P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1113.
Word frequencies
Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).

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Citation

Chicago (17th ed.)

Allo Contributors. "minuō, minuere, minuī, minūtum (v.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified October 7, 2023. Accessed November 23, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/minuo-minuere-minui-minutum.