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deminuo
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(P. a.) : 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, (very rare), diminished, small, diminutive.
* In gen.: deminutior qualitas,Tert. adv. Marc. 2, 9.
* In grammat. lang., diminutive, ὑποκοριστικός (for which, later, deminutivus): pro nomine integro positum sit deminutum (viz. in the expression magnum peculiolum), Quint. 1, 5, 46.
* 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, (very rare), diminished, small, diminutive.
* In gen.: deminutior qualitas,Tert. adv. Marc. 2, 9.
* In grammat. lang., diminutive, ὑποκοριστικός (for which, later, deminutivus): pro nomine integro positum sit deminutum (viz. in the expression magnum peculiolum), Quint. 1, 5, 46.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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