immĭnūtĭo | inm- (noun F) : (), , imminuo
* A lessening, aiminution; a weakening, impairing, injuring (rare but class.).
* Lit.: pravitas imminutioque corporis,i. e. mutilation,Cic. Fin. 5, 17, 47. —In mal. part., i. q. devirgin tio, a deflowering, Aus. Cent. Nupt. Idyll. 13.
* Trop.
* In gen.: dignitatis,Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 2: criminis,Quint. 7, 4, 3: malorum,id. 5, 10, 33.
* In partic., as a figure of speech, the use of a weaker expression for a stronger, Cic. de Or. 3, 54, 207; Quint. 9, 1, 34; 9, 3, 90.

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