deminuo

Latin

Etymology

From dē- +‎ minuō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) 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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		dēminuere			dēminuī			dēminuēns			—
future		dēminūtūrum esse			dēminūtum īrī			dēminūtūrus			dēminuendus
perfect		dēminuisse			dēminūtum esse			—			dēminūtus
future perfect		—			dēminūtum fore			—			—
perfect potential		dēminūtūrum fuisse			—			—			—
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.