imminuo
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /imˈmi.nu.oː/, [ɪmˈmɪnuoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /imˈmi.nu.o/, [imˈmiːnuo]
Verb edit
imminuō (present infinitive imminuere, perfect active imminuī, supine imminūtum); third conjugation
- to lessen or diminish
- to abbreviate
Conjugation edit
References edit
- “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)
- (ambiguous) to increase a person's dignity: auctoritatem alicuius amplificare (opp. imminuere, minuere)