minuo
minuo, to make small, lessen, diminish, divide into small pieces
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- Act., to make smaller, to lessen, diminish; lit. and trop.
- A Lit. (rare and mostly poet.): ramaliaque arida tecto Detulit, et minuit, broke in pieces, Ov. M. 8, 645: ligna, to chop into small pieces, id. F. 2, 647: portarum objectus, to dash in pieces, Stat. Th. 10, 526: dentes in limine, id. ib. 10, 47: sanguinem, to let blood, Veg. Vet. 1, 16, 2; in the same signif., simply minuere, id. ib. 1, 22, 1.—
- B Trop., to lessen, diminish, lower, reduce, weaken, abate, restrict (very freq. and class.): imperium matris, Plaut. As. 3, 1, 6 (509): sumptus civitatum, Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 2: (rem familiarem), Hor. S. 2, 3, 177: gradum, Quint. 2, 3, 7: gloriam alicujus, Cic. Fl. 12, 28: molestias vitae, id. Fin. 1, 16, 51: cupiditates, id. ib.: invidiam, id. Agr. 1, 5, 14: opem, Caes. B. G. 5, 33: auctoritatem, id. B. C. 3, 43: minuuntur corporis artus, grow less, diminish in size, Ov. M. 7, 317: minuuntur corpora siccis, Plin. 11, 54, 118, § 283: consul alter proelio uno et vulnere suo minutus, discouraged, Liv. 21, 52, 2 (al. deminutus): suspicionem profectionis, Cic. Att. 10, 16, 4: controversias, to settle, put an end to, Caes. B. G. 5, 26: minuenda est haec opinio, to be refuted, Cic. Off. 1, 22, 72: magistratum, censuram, to restrict the power of, to limit, Liv. 4, 24: majestatem populi Romani per vim, to violate, offend against, Cic. Phil. 1, 9, 21: matris imperium, Plaut. As. 3, 1, 6 (509): religionem, Nep. Ages. 4, 8: nec tu ea causa minueris Haec quae facis, ne is mutet suam sententiam, Ter. And. 393: consilium, to alter, change, id. Hec. 616: condemnationem, to commute, Gai. Inst. 3, 224; 4, 57.—
- II Neutr., to diminish, grow less: minuente aestu, at the ebbing of the tide, Caes. B. G. 3, 12, 1: minuente lunā, waning, Pall. 3, 24; Sedul. 1, 243; cf.: crescentis minuentisque sideris species, Plin. 37, 10, 67, § 181.
- —Hence, mĭnūtus, a, um, P. a. (diminished; hence), little, small, minute (class.).
- A Lit.: pueri minuti (opp. majores), Varr. ap. Non. 141, 18: id omnes magni minutique, Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 45 (247).—Of things: litterae, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 68 (992): minuta ac brevia folia, Plin. 12, 24, 53, § 111: ossa, Lucr. 1, 835: opuscula, Cic. Ac. 2 (Luc.), 38, 120: itinera, Suet. Aug. 82: aere minuto qualiacumque somnia vendere, Juv. 6, 546: facies minutae, miniature portraits, id. 14, 291.—Comp.: minutior ac mage pollens, Lucr. 4, 318.—Sup.: minutissimis ictibus excarnificatus, Suet. Vit. 17: res, little things, trifles, Cic. Clu. 64, 180: res minutissimae et contemptibiles, Aug. Conf. 10, 35, 4: aves, Col. 8, 5, 10.—
- B Trop., petty, paltry, insignificant.
- 1 Of persons: alii minuti et angusti, Cic. Fin. 1, 18, 61: philosophi, id. Div. 1, 30, 62: imperatores, id. Brut. 73, 256: plebes, Phaedr. 4, 6, 13.—
- 2 Of things: canto carmina versibus minutis, Poët. ap. Plin. Ep. 4, 27, 4: genus orationis, Cic. de Or. 2, 38, 159: minuti est animi voluptas ultio, Juv. 13, 189.— Hence, subst.: mĭnūtum, i, n., the smallest piece of money, a mite, farthing: novissimum reddere, Vulg. Luc. 12, 59; cf.: aes minutum, id. ib. 21, 2.—Plur.
- α The little (opp. longa), Calp. Ecl. 5, 7.—
- β Minutes, points, very small parts, Amm.20, 3, 2; Gram. Vet. p. 374, 11.—
- γ Comp.: illa minutiora, those less important matters, Aur. Vict. Epit. 48, 18.—Hence, adv., in two forms.
- 1 mĭnūtē, into small or fine pieces, finely, minutely (class.).
- A Lit.: sal minute tritus, Col. 6, 17, 7: minutissime commolere, id. 12, 28, 1: historia minutissime scripta, in an extremely small hand, Sen. Ep. 95, 2.—
- B Trop.
- α In a petty or paltry manner: res minutius tractare, Cic. Fin. 4, 3, 7.—
- β Minutely, closely, accurately: minutius et scrupulosius scrutantur omnia, Quint. 5, 14, 28.—
- 2 mĭnūtim, into small pieces, finely, minutely (ante-class. and post-Aug.): concidere, Cato R. R. 123: scoria minutim fracta, Plin. 34, 18, 51, § 171; Gell. 17, 8, 2.—
- B With short steps, trippingly: equus ambulans, Veg. Vet. 1, 56, 39: deambulare, id. ib. 2, 53, 3.
- 1. (poët.) in kleine stukken hakken, kloven, splijten [ligna; ramalia];
- 2. verkleinen, verminderen [sumptūs; pretium frumenti verlagen; gradum]; — pass., se ~ en ook alleen minuere minder worden, afnemen: minuente aestu wanneer eb intreedt; luna minuens;
- 3. (metaf.) verzwakken, verminderen, beperken, verkleinen, ondermijnen [laudem alcis; maiestatem populi; spem; religionem schenden; controversiam verzachten; potentiam senatūs ondermijnen; iram matigen; luctum verzachten];
- 4. verzwakken, ontmoedigen; ➤ consul vulnere minutus;
- 5. afzwakken [famam belli];
- 6. afnemen, wegnemen; ➤ nihil de libertate ~;
- 7. (jur.) capite ~ het burgerrecht ontnemen.
減少。— religionem 犯敎规。Aes alienum minuo 減債。還帳數項。Non minuam meum consilium 必不改吾意。
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- 3 MAN-, to make small, lessen, diminish, divide into small pieces: Mullum in singula pulmenta, H.: ligna, chop into small pieces, O.: minuendo corpus alebat, by feeding on it, O.—To diminish, ebb: minuente aestu, at ebbtide, Cs.—Fig., to lessen, diminish, lower, reduce, weaken, abate, restrict. Ut aliqua pars laboris minuatur mihi, T.: meum consilium, change, T.: neque cupido Iugurthae minuebatur, S.: (rem familiarem), H.: gloriam Pompei: auctoritatem, Cs.: minuunt ea corporis artūs, grow less, diminish in size, O.: proelio uno et volnere suo minutus, discouraged, L.: controversias, settle, Cs.: minuenda est haec opinio, to be refuted: magistratum, restrict, L.: censuram, limit, L.: maiestatem populiR.per vim, offend against: religionem, N.: ne quid de dignitate generum minuatur.
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