minutus

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Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of minuō (“diminish”).

Participle

minūtus (feminine minūta, neuter minūtum); first/second-declension participle

  1. diminished, having been diminished

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative minūtus minūta minūtum minūtī minūtae minūta
Genitive minūtī minūtae minūtī minūtōrum minūtārum minūtōrum
Dative minūtō minūtō minūtīs
Accusative minūtum minūtam minūtum minūtōs minūtās minūta
Ablative minūtō minūtā minūtō minūtīs
Vocative minūte minūta minūtum minūtī minūtae minūta

Adjective

minūtus (feminine minūta, neuter minūtum, comparative minor, superlative minimus, adverb minūtim); first/second-declension adjective

  1. very small, little, minute
  2. petty, mediocre, commonplace

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative minūtus minūta minūtum minūtī minūtae minūta
Genitive minūtī minūtae minūtī minūtōrum minūtārum minūtōrum
Dative minūtō minūtō minūtīs
Accusative minūtum minūtam minūtum minūtōs minūtās minūta
Ablative minūtō minūtā minūtō minūtīs
Vocative minūte minūta minūtum minūtī minūtae minūta

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References

  • “minutus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “minutus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • minutus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • minutus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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