deminuo

Latin

Etymology

From dē- +‎ minuō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /deːˈmi.nu.oː/, [d̪eːˈmɪnuoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈmi.nu.o/, [d̪eˈmiːnuo]

Verb

dēminuō (present infinitive dēminuere, perfect active dēminuī, supine dēminūtum); third conjugation

1. to make smaller
2. to diminish, lessen or reduce

   Synonyms: diminuō, imminuō, minuō, tenuō, premō, corripiō

   Antonyms: augeō, amplificō, extendō, accumulō, cumulō, multiplicō

3. to weaken
4. to curtail
5. to deduct or deprive

Conjugation

Conjugation of dēminuō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dēminuō	dēminuis	dēminuit	dēminuimus	dēminuitis	dēminuunt
	imperfect	dēminuēbam	dēminuēbās	dēminuēbat	dēminuēbāmus	dēminuēbātis	dēminuēbant
	future	dēminuam	dēminuēs	dēminuet	dēminuēmus	dēminuētis	dēminuent
	perfect	dēminuī	dēminuistī	dēminuit	dēminuimus	dēminuistis	dēminuērunt, dēminuēre
	pluperfect	dēminueram	dēminuerās	dēminuerat	dēminuerāmus	dēminuerātis	dēminuerant
	future perfect	dēminuerō	dēminueris	dēminuerit	dēminuerimus	dēminueritis	dēminuerint
passive	present	dēminuor	dēminueris, dēminuere	dēminuitur	dēminuimur	dēminuiminī	dēminuuntur
	imperfect	dēminuēbar	dēminuēbāris, dēminuēbāre	dēminuēbātur	dēminuēbāmur	dēminuēbāminī	dēminuēbantur
	future	dēminuar	dēminuēris, dēminuēre	dēminuētur	dēminuēmur	dēminuēminī	dēminuentur
	perfect	dēminūtus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	dēminūtus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	dēminūtus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dēminuam	dēminuās	dēminuat	dēminuāmus	dēminuātis	dēminuant
	imperfect	dēminuerem	dēminuerēs	dēminueret	dēminuerēmus	dēminuerētis	dēminuerent
	perfect	dēminuerim	dēminuerīs	dēminuerit	dēminuerīmus	dēminuerītis	dēminuerint
	pluperfect	dēminuissem	dēminuissēs	dēminuisset	dēminuissēmus	dēminuissētis	dēminuissent
passive	present	dēminuar	dēminuāris, dēminuāre	dēminuātur	dēminuāmur	dēminuāminī	dēminuantur
	imperfect	dēminuerer	dēminuerēris, dēminuerēre	dēminuerētur	dēminuerēmur	dēminuerēminī	dēminuerentur
	perfect	dēminūtus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	dēminūtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	dēminue	—	—	dēminuite	—
	future	—	dēminuitō	dēminuitō	—	dēminuitōte	dēminuuntō
passive	present	—	dēminuere	—	—	dēminuiminī	—
	future	—	dēminuitor	dēminuitor	—	—	dēminuuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		dēminuere	dēminuisse	dēminūtūrum esse	dēminuī	dēminūtum esse	dēminūtum īrī
participles		dēminuēns	—	dēminūtūrus	—	dēminūtus	dēminuendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		dēminuendī	dēminuendō	dēminuendum	dēminuendō	dēminūtum	dēminūtū

Derived terms

• dēminutīvus

 

References

• “deminuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “deminuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• deminuo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.