minuo

== Latin == === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Italic *minuō, from *mi-néw-ti, from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“small, little”). Cognate with Sanskrit मीनाति (minā́ti, “to lessen, diminish, damage”) (also मिनोति (minóti)), Ancient Greek μινύθω (minúthō, “to lessen; to disappear”), Cornish minow (“to reduce”), Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌽𐍃 (mins, “less”), Old Church Slavonic мьнйии (mĭnjii, “smaller, lesser, younger”), Tocharian B maiwe (“small, young”). Related to minor. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈmɪ.nu.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈmiː.nu.o] ==== Verb ==== minuō (present infinitive minuere, perfect active minuī, supine minūtum); third conjugation to make smaller, lessen, diminish, reduce, minimize Synonyms: diminuō, dēminuō, imminuō, tenuō, premō, corripiō Antonyms: augeō, amplificō, extendō, accumulō, cumulō, multiplicō to attenuate, appease, suppress, repress, quell Synonym: coërceo to dismember, tear apart, break Synonyms: findo, rumpo to restrict, confine, limit Synonyms: fīniō, līmitō, delīmitō, claudō, urgeō, moderor, inclūdō animos minuere ― to restrict the wrath to remove, subtract, detract to reduce the importance to undermine, weaken, debilitate, soften Synonyms: atterō, dēterō, frangō, effēminō, tenuō, cōnsūmō, afficiō Antonyms: firmō, cōnfirmō, mūniō, fortificō, cōnsolidō, sistō to eliminate, delete, remove (poetic) to cease, stop, give up ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Descendants ===== (Note: see also Etymology 2.) ==== References ==== ==== Further reading ==== “minuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press minuo in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2026), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication “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[2], London: Macmillan and Co. === Etymology 2 === Reassignment of etymology 1 to the first conjugation. Attested from the fourth century CE. ==== Verb ==== minuō (present infinitive minuāre, perfect active minuāvī, supine minuātum); first conjugation (Late Latin) alternative form of minuō ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Descendants ===== ==== References ==== == Serbo-Croatian == === Participle === minuo (Cyrillic spelling минуо) active past participle of minuti