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(Ind. Present 1.sg.): minuō
Active Nominal Forms
Infinitive:
minúere
Present participle:
minuēns; minuéntis
Future participle:
minūtúrus
Gerund:
minuéndum
Gerundive:
minuéndus
Passive Nominal Forms
Infinitive:
minúere
Perfect participle:
minūtum
Active
Indicative
Present
| ego | minuō |
| tū | minuis |
| is | minuit |
| nōs | minúimus |
| vōs | minúitis |
| iī | minuunt |
Imperfect
| ego | minuḗbam |
| tū | minuḗbās |
| is | minuḗbat |
| nōs | minuēbā́mus |
| vōs | minuēbā́tis |
| iī | minuḗbant |
I Future
| ego | minuam |
| tū | minuēs |
| is | minuet |
| nōs | minuḗmus |
| vōs | minuḗtis |
| iī | minuent |
Perfect
| ego | minuī |
| tū | minuístī |
| is | minuit |
| nōs | minuimus |
| vōs | minuístis |
| iī | minuḗrunt |
Pluperfect
| ego | minúeram |
| tū | minúerās |
| is | minúerat |
| nōs | minuerā́mus |
| vōs | minuerā́tis |
| iī | minúerant |
II Future
| ego | minúerō |
| tū | minúeris |
| is | minúerit |
| nōs | minuérimus |
| vōs | minuéritis |
| iī | minúerint |
Subjunctive
Present
| ego | minuam |
| tū | minuās |
| is | minuat |
| nōs | minuā́mus |
| vōs | minuā́tis |
| iī | minuant |
Imperfect
| ego | minuerem |
| tū | minuerēs |
| is | minueret |
| nōs | minuerḗmus |
| vōs | minuerḗtis |
| iī | minuerent |
Perfect
| ego | minúerim |
| tū | minúeris |
| is | minúerit |
| nōs | minuérimus |
| vōs | minuéritis |
| iī | minúerint |
Pluperfect
| ego | minuíssem |
| tū | minuíssēs |
| is | minuísset |
| nōs | minuissḗmus |
| vōs | minuissḗtis |
| iī | minuíssent |
II Imperative
| tū | minúitō |
| is | minúitō |
| vōs | minuitṓte |
| iī | minuúntō |
Passive
Indicative
Present
| ego | minuor |
| tū | minúeris |
| is | minúitur |
| nōs | minúimur |
| vōs | minuíminī |
| iī | minuúntur |
Imperfect
| ego | minuḗbar |
| tū | minuēbā́ris |
| is | minuēbā́tur |
| nōs | minuēbā́mur |
| vōs | minuēbā́minī |
| iī | minuēbántur |
I Future
| ego | minuar |
| tū | minuḗris |
| is | minuḗtur |
| nōs | minuḗmur |
| vōs | minuḗminī |
| iī | minuéntur |
Perfect
| ego | minūtus sum |
| tū | minūtus es |
| is | minūtus est |
| nōs | minūtī sumus |
| vōs | minūtī estis |
| iī | minūtī sunt |
Pluperfect
| ego | minūtus eram |
| tū | minūtus erās |
| is | minūtus erat |
| nōs | minūtī erāmus |
| vōs | minūtī erātis |
| iī | minūtī erant |
II Future
| ego | minūtus erō |
| tū | minūtus eris |
| is | minūtus erit |
| nōs | minūtī erimus |
| vōs | minūtī eritis |
| iī | minūtī erunt |
Subjunctive
Present
| ego | minuar |
| tū | minuā́ris |
| is | minuā́tur |
| nōs | minuā́mur |
| vōs | minuā́minī |
| iī | minuā́ntur |
Imperfect
| ego | minuerer |
| tū | minuerḗris |
| is | minuerḗtur |
| nōs | minuerḗmur |
| vōs | minuerḗminī |
| iī | minuerḗntur |
Perfect
| ego | minūtus sim |
| tū | minūtus sīs |
| is | minūtus sit |
| nōs | minūtī sīmus |
| vōs | minūtī sītis |
| iī | minūtī sint |
Pluperfect
| ego | minūtus essem |
| tū | minūtus essēs |
| is | minūtus esset |
| nōs | minūtī essēmus |
| vōs | minūtī essētis |
| iī | minūtī essent |
Verbs conjugated like 'minuo'
abluo,
abnuo,
acuo,
alluo,
annuo,
arguo,
assequor,
attribuo,
coarguo,
colloquor,
colluo,
comminuo,
congruo,
consequor,
constituo,
consuo,
contribuo,
corruo,
deminuo,
destituo, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'minuo'
sinuo,
abnuo,
annuo,
cingo,
deminuo,
diluo,
diminuo,
diruo,
emineo,
findo,
Translations
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *minuō, from *mi-néw-ti, from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“small, little”). Cognate with Sanskrit मीनाति (minā́ti, “to lessen, diminish, damage”) (also मिनोति (minóti)), Ancient Greek μινύθω (minúthō, “to lessen; to disappear”), Cornish minow (“to reduce”), Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌽𐍃 (mins, “less”), Old Church Slavonic мьнйии (mĭnjii, “smaller, lesser, younger”), Tocharian B maiwe (“small, young”). Related to minor. See: Proto-Italic '
*minuō', Sanskrit '
मीनाति', Cornish '
minow'.
Additional Information
Cognates
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Sample Sentences
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quas si alterius tribus homines uxores acceperint sequetur possessio sua et translata ad aliam tribum de nostra hereditate minuetur
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precare ante faciem et minue offendiculum
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non est minuere neque adicere nec est invenire magnalia Dei
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est nequitia et ipsa execratio et est insipiens qui minuitur sapientia
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sicut enim servus interrogatus adsidue a livore non minuetur sic omnis iurans et nominans in toto a peccato non purgabitur
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abstine te a lite et minues peccata
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zelus et iracundia minuit dies et ante tempus senectam adducit cogitatus
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quae est vita quae minuitur vino
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bono animo gloriam redde Deo et non minuas primitias manuum tuarum
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neque minuitur et non eget alicuius consilio
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a luna signum diei festi luminare quod minuitur in consummatione
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quod praecipio tibi hoc tantum facito Domino nec addas quicquam nec minuas
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et mensuram laterum quos prius faciebant inponetis super eos nec minuetis quicquam vacant enim et idcirco vociferantur dicentes eamus et sacrificemus Deo nostro
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ite et colligite sicubi invenire potueritis nec minuetur quicquam de opere vestro
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videbantque se praepositi filiorum Israhel in malo eo quod diceretur eis non minuetur quicquam de lateribus per singulos dies
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cumque operuisset superficiem terrae apparuit in solitudine minutum et quasi pilo tunsum in similitudinem pruinae super terram
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dives non addet ad medium sicli et pauper nihil minuet
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minuisti eum paulo minus ab angelis gloria et honore coronasti eum et constituisti eum super opera manuum tuarum
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substantia festinata minuetur quae autem paulatim colligitur manu multiplicabitur
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et Bethsurae quod erat Iudaeorum praesidium munitum castra admovebat sed fugabatur inpingebat minuebatur
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dico tibi non exies inde donec etiam novissimum minutum reddas
Vulgate Verses
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(Genesis 8:3) reversaeque aquae de terra euntes et redeuntes et coeperunt minui post centum quinquaginta dies And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.
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(I Reges 17:14) haec autem dicit Dominus Deus Israhel hydria farinae non deficiet nec lecythus olei minuetur usque ad diem in qua daturus est Dominus pluviam super faciem terrae For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sendeth rain upon the earth.
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(Exodus 5:8) et mensuram laterum quos prius faciebant inponetis super eos nec minuetis quicquam vacant enim et idcirco vociferantur dicentes eamus et sacrificemus Deo nostro And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish ought thereof: for they be idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God.
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(Exodus 5:11) ite et colligite sicubi invenire potueritis nec minuetur quicquam de opere vestro Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not ought of your work shall be diminished.
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(Exodus 5:19) videbantque se praepositi filiorum Israhel in malo eo quod diceretur eis non minuetur quicquam de lateribus per singulos dies And the officers of the children of Israel did see that they were in evil case, after it was said, Ye shall not minish ought from your bricks of your daily task.
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(Proverbia 13:11) substantia festinata minuetur quae autem paulatim colligitur manu multiplicabitur Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
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(Isaias 60:20) non occidet ultra sol tuus et luna tua non minuetur quia Dominus erit in lucem sempiternam et conplebuntur dies luctus tui Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the LORD shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.
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(Numeri 36:3) quas si alterius tribus homines uxores acceperint sequetur possessio sua et translata ad aliam tribum de nostra hereditate minuetur And if they be married to any of the sons of the other tribes of the children of Israel, then shall their inheritance be taken from the inheritance of our fathers, and shall be put to the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they are received: so shall it be taken from the lot of our inheritance.
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(Joannes 3:30) illum oportet crescere me autem minui He must increase, but I must decrease.
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(Ecclesiasticus 19:20) est nequitia et ipsa execratio et est insipiens qui minuitur sapientia