English → Latin
“diminution” in Latin
dēminūtiōdiminution, decrease, lessening, abatement; a diminutive formimminūtiōlessening, weakening, impairing, injuring; defloweringextenuātiōa thinning or diminishing, rarefaction; a lessening, diminution, extenuation; as a rhetorical figure, translating the Anlevātiōelevation (act of raising); alleviation, mitigation, reliefremissiōa sending back, release; a slackening, diminishing, abatement; relaxation, recreationmītigātiōsoftening, soothing; mitigating, mitigation
The English word diminution itself goes back to Latin minuō, through dīminūtiō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
diminution
deminutio. imminutio. extenuatio. levatio. remissio: mitigatio. Diminution of strength, defectio virium; vires corporis affectae. Vid: LESSENING.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for diminution?
- The usual Latin words for “diminution” are dēminūtiō, imminūtiō, extenuātiō; also levātiō, remissiō, mītigātiō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.