deminutio

Latin

Alternative forms

• diminutio

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.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dēminūtiō	dēminūtiōnēs
Genitive	dēminūtiōnis	dēminūtiōnum
Dative	dēminūtiōnī	dēminūtiōnibus
Accusative	dēminūtiōnem	dēminūtiōnēs
Ablative	dēminūtiōne	dēminūtiōnibus
Vocative	dēminūtiō	dēminūtiōnēs

Antonyms

• augmentātiō
• prōlātiō (“enlargement”)

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.