LAT
diminuo
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Lewis Short
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).
* 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).
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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