deminutio

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From past participle stem of deminuo (“I diminish, I make smaller”).

Noun

dēminūtiō f (genitive dēminūtiōnis); third declension

  1. diminution, decrease, lessening, abatement
  2. (grammar, also) a diminutive form

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative dēminūtiō dēminūtiōnēs
genitive dēminūtiōnis dēminūtiōnum
dative dēminūtiōnī dēminūtiōnibus
accusative dēminūtiōnem dēminūtiōnēs
ablative dēminūtiōne dēminūtiōnibus
vocative dēminūtiō dēminūtiōnēs

Antonyms

References

  • “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.
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