minuo

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *mi-nu, suffixed form of *mey- (“small, little”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmi.nu.oː/, [ˈmɪ.nʊ.oː]

Verb

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

  1. I make smaller, lessen, diminish.

Inflection
   Conjugation of minuo (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present minuō minuis minuit minuimus minuitis minuunt
imperfect minuēbam minuēbās minuēbat minuēbāmus minuēbātis minuēbant
future minuam minuēs minuet minuēmus minuētis minuent
perfect minuī minuistī minuit minuimus minuistis minuērunt, minuēre
pluperfect minueram minuerās minuerat minuerāmus minuerātis minuerant
future perfect minuerō minueris minuerit minuerimus minueritis minuerint
passive present minuor minueris, minuere minuitur minuimur minuiminī minuuntur
imperfect minuēbar minuēbāris, minuēbāre minuēbātur minuēbāmur minuēbāminī minuēbantur
future minuar minuēris, minuēre minuētur minuēmur minuēminī minuentur
perfect minūtus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect minūtus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect minūtus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present minuam minuās minuat minuāmus minuātis minuant
imperfect minuerem minuerēs minueret minuerēmus minuerētis minuerent
perfect minuerim minuerīs minuerit minuerimus minueritis minuerint
pluperfect minuissem minuissēs minuisset minuissēmus minuissētis minuissent
passive present minuar minuāris, minuāre minuātur minuāmur minuāminī minuantur
imperfect minuerer minuerēris, minuerēre minuerētur minuerēmur minuerēminī minuerentur
perfect minūtus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect minūtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — minue — — minuite —
future — minuitō minuitō — minuitōte minuuntō
passive present — minuere — — minuiminī —
future — minuitor minuitor — — minuuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives minuere minuisse minūtūrus esse minuī minūtus esse minūtum īrī
participles minuēns — minūtūrus — minūtus minuendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
minuere minuendī minuendō minuendum minūtum minūtū

Synonyms

Antonyms
  • (make smaller, lessen): augeō

Descendants

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
  • minuo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (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
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