minimus

== English == === Etymology === From Latin minimus (“smallest”). See minim. === Noun === minimus (plural minimi or minimuses) (obsolete) A being of the smallest size. (dated) The youngest pupil in a school having a particular surname. (anatomy) The little finger or the little toe ==== Related terms ==== gluteus minimus ==== Translations ==== === References === “minimus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == Latin == === Alternative forms === minumus, minerrimus, minimissimus parvissimus === Etymology === Suppletive superlative of parvus, comparative minor, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mey(h₁)- (“small, little”), whence also Latin minuō, Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌹𐌶𐌰 (minniza, “smaller”). Contains the same suffix as in īnfimus (“lowest”), but details are uncertain. Related to Ancient Greek μῑκρός (mīkrós, “little, small”), English smicker. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈmɪ.nɪ.mʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈmiː.ni.mus] === Adjective === minimus (superlative, feminine minima, neuter minimum, adverb minimē or parvissimē); first/second declension superlative degree of parvus (“smallest”) Antonym: maximus ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Descendants ==== Borrowings: === References === Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911), “minimus”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German) === Further reading === “minimus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “minimus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “minimus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[2], London: Macmillan and Co.