deminutio
Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From past participle stem of deminuo (“I diminish, I make smaller”).
Noun
[edit]dēminūtiō f (genitive dēminūtiōnis); third declension
- diminution, decrease, lessening, abatement
- (grammar, also) a diminutive form
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dēminūtiō | dēminūtiōnēs |
| genitive | dēminūtiōnis | dēminūtiōnum |
| dative | dēminūtiōnī | dēminūtiōnibus |
| accusative | dēminūtiōnem | dēminūtiōnēs |
| ablative | dēminūtiōne | dēminūtiōnibus |
| vocative | dēminūtiō | dēminūtiōnēs |
Antonyms
[edit]- augmentātiō
- prōlātiō (“enlargement”)
References
[edit]- “deminutio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “deminutio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- deminutio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.