imminuo

Latin

Alternative forms

• inminuō

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /imˈmi.nu.oː/, [ɪmˈmɪnuoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /imˈmi.nu.o/, [imˈmiːnuo]

Verb

imminuō (present infinitive imminuere, perfect active imminuī, supine imminūtum); third conjugation

1. to lessen or diminish

   Synonyms: minuō, diminuō, dēminuō, premō, tenuō

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

2. to abbreviate

   Synonyms: premō, corripiō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of imminuō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	imminuō		imminuis		imminuit		imminuimus		imminuitis		imminuunt
	imperfect	imminuēbam		imminuēbās		imminuēbat		imminuēbāmus		imminuēbātis		imminuēbant
	future	imminuam		imminuēs		imminuet		imminuēmus		imminuētis		imminuent
	perfect	imminuī		imminuistī		imminuit		imminuimus		imminuistis		imminuērunt, imminuēre
	pluperfect	imminueram		imminuerās		imminuerat		imminuerāmus		imminuerātis		imminuerant
	future perfect	imminuerō		imminueris		imminuerit		imminuerimus		imminueritis		imminuerint
passive	present	imminuor		imminueris, imminuere		imminuitur		imminuimur		imminuiminī		imminuuntur
	imperfect	imminuēbar		imminuēbāris, imminuēbāre		imminuēbātur		imminuēbāmur		imminuēbāminī		imminuēbantur
	future	imminuar		imminuēris, imminuēre		imminuētur		imminuēmur		imminuēminī		imminuentur
	perfect	imminūtus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	imminūtus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	imminūtus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	imminuam		imminuās		imminuat		imminuāmus		imminuātis		imminuant
	imperfect	imminuerem		imminuerēs		imminueret		imminuerēmus		imminuerētis		imminuerent
	perfect	imminuerim		imminuerīs		imminuerit		imminuerīmus		imminuerītis		imminuerint
	pluperfect	imminuissem		imminuissēs		imminuisset		imminuissēmus		imminuissētis		imminuissent
passive	present	imminuar		imminuāris, imminuāre		imminuātur		imminuāmur		imminuāminī		imminuantur
	imperfect	imminuerer		imminuerēris, imminuerēre		imminuerētur		imminuerēmur		imminuerēminī		imminuerentur
	perfect	imminūtus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	imminūtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		imminue		—		—		imminuite		—
	future	—		imminuitō		imminuitō		—		imminuitōte		imminuuntō
passive	present	—		imminuere		—		—		imminuiminī		—
	future	—		imminuitor		imminuitor		—		—		imminuuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		imminuere			imminuī			imminuēns			—
future		imminūtūrum esse			imminūtum īrī			imminūtūrus			imminuendus
perfect		imminuisse			imminūtum esse			—			imminūtus
future perfect		—			imminūtum fore			—			—
perfect potential		imminūtūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		imminuendī		imminuendō		imminuendum		imminuendō		imminūtum		imminūtū

References

• “imminuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “imminuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• imminuo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to increase a person's dignity: auctoritatem alicuius amplificare (opp. imminuere, minuere)
    
  • (ambiguous) to detract from a person's reputation, wilfully underestimate a person: alicuius famam, laudem imminuere
    
  • (ambiguous) to weaken, destroy a man's credit: fidem alicuius imminuere, infirmare (opp. confirmare)