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verbthird conjugation

dīminuō

dīminuō (present infinitive dīminuere, perfect active dīminuī, supine dīminūtum)
Classical[diːˈmɪ.nu.oː]Ecclesiastical[diˈmiː.nu.o]

Meaning

  1. to break into small pieces; to shatter
  2. to violate, outrage
  3. to diminish, lessen

Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.dīminuōdīminuēbamdīminuamdīminuīdīminueramdīminuerō
2nd sg.dīminuisdīminuēbāsdīminuēsdīminuistīdīminuerāsdīminueris
3rd sg.dīminuitdīminuēbatdīminuetdīminuitdīminueratdīminuerit
1st pl.dīminuimusdīminuēbāmusdīminuēmusdīminuimusdīminuerāmusdīminuerimus
2nd pl.dīminuitisdīminuēbātisdīminuētisdīminuistisdīminuerātisdīminueritis
3rd pl.dīminuuntdīminuēbantdīminuentdīminuērunt
dīminuēre		dīminuerantdīminuerint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.dīminuamdīminueremdīminuerimdīminuissem
2nd sg.dīminuāsdīminuerēsdīminuerīsdīminuissēs
3rd sg.dīminuatdīminueretdīminueritdīminuisset
1st pl.dīminuāmusdīminuerēmusdīminuerīmusdīminuissēmus
2nd pl.dīminuātisdīminuerētisdīminuerītisdīminuissētis
3rd pl.dīminuantdīminuerentdīminuerintdīminuissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.dīminuordīminuēbardīminuar
2nd sg.dīminueris
dīminuere		dīminuēbāris
dīminuēbāre		dīminuēris
dīminuēre
3rd sg.dīminuiturdīminuēbāturdīminuētur
1st pl.dīminuimurdīminuēbāmurdīminuēmur
2nd pl.dīminuiminīdīminuēbāminīdīminuēminī
3rd pl.dīminuunturdīminuēbanturdīminuentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.dīminuardīminuerer
2nd sg.dīminuāris
dīminuāre		dīminuerēris
dīminuerēre
3rd sg.dīminuāturdīminuerētur
1st pl.dīminuāmurdīminuerēmur
2nd pl.dīminuāminīdīminuerēminī
3rd pl.dīminuanturdīminuerentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.dīminuedīminuere
pres. 2nd pl.dīminuitedīminuiminī
fut. 2nd sg.dīminuitōdīminuitor
fut. 3rd sg.dīminuitōdīminuitor
fut. 2nd pl.dīminuitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.dīminuuntōdīminuuntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivedīminueredīminuī
perfect infinitivedīminuissedīminūtum esse
future infinitivedīminūtūrum essedīminūtum īrī
present participledīminuēns—
perfect participle—dīminūtus
dīminūta, dīminūtā, dīminūtae, dīminūtam, dīminūtārum, dīminūtās, dīminūte, dīminūtī, dīminūtīs, dīminūtō, dīminūtōrum, dīminūtōs
future participledīminūtūrus
dīminūtūra, dīminūtūrā, dīminūtūrae, dīminūtūram, dīminūtūrārum, dīminūtūrās, dīminūtūre, dīminūtūrī, dīminūtūrīs, dīminūtūrō, dīminūtūrōrum, dīminūtūrōs, dīminūtūrum		dīminuendus
dīminuenda, dīminuendā, dīminuendae, dīminuendam, dīminuendārum, dīminuendās, dīminuende, dīminuendīs, dīminuendōrum, dīminuendōs
gerunddīminuendī, dīminuendō, dīminuendumsupinedīminūtum, dīminūtū

dī-mĭnŭo (or dimmĭnuo), ĕre,
I. v. a., to break into small pieces, to dash to pieces, to break (v. deminuo—rare; perh. only ante-class.): qui ego illi speculo dimminuam caput, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 109; cf.: caput homini, id. Men. 2, 2, 30: caput tuum, Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 33: cerebrum tibi, id. Ad. 4, 2, 32; Lucr. 1, 614.—
II. To violate, outrage, destroy by outrage: veritates, Vulg. Psa. 11, 1: de verbis libri, id. Apoc. 22, 19 (perh. deminuerit is a better reading).

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *mey- Proto-Indo-European *-néwti Proto-Indo-European *minéwti Proto-Italic *minuō Latin minuō Latin dīminuō From dis- + minuō.

Descendants
  • Catalandisminuir
  • Englishdiminish
  • Frenchdiminuer
  • Italiandiminuire
  • Portuguesediminuir
  • Spanishdisminuir
  • Galiciandiminuír
  • Piedmontesediminuì

Quick answers

What does dīminuō mean in Latin?
dīminuō, a verb, means “to break into small pieces; to shatter; to violate, outrage”.
What are the principal parts of dīminuō?
dīminuō, dīminuere, dīminuī, dīminūtum (third conjugation).
How do you pronounce dīminuō?
In classical Latin, [diːˈmɪ.nu.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [diˈmiː.nu.o].