deminutivus

== Latin == === Alternative forms === dīminutīvus === Etymology === From dēminuō (“to diminish”) +‎ -īvus. The form dīminutīvus, on which most descendants are based, is based on dīminuō. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [deː.mɪ.nʊˈtiː.wʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [de.mi.nuˈtiː.vus] === Adjective === dēminutīvus (feminine dēminutīva, neuter dēminutīvum); first/second-declension adjective (grammar) diminutive (mathematics) deficient ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Noun descendants are at dēminutīvum. → Dutch: diminutief (adjective) → English: diminutive (adjective) → Middle French: diminutif French: diminutif (adjective) === References === “deminutivus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “deminutivus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.