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.
| Case | 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.