English → Latin
“minute” in Latin
scrīpŭluma scruplemōmentummovement, motion, impulse; course; change, revolution, movement, disturbance; particle, part, pointcommentāriusmemorandum, notebook; diary, journal; a briefcommentāriolumbrief commentary, short treatise; notebookcaputthe head (of humans and animals); head; top; summit; point; end; extremity (beginning or end); origin; source; spring; hveniōto come (to a place), come in, arrive, reach; of metaphorical movement in general; to approachminuōto make smaller, lessen, diminish, reduce, minimize; to attenuate, appease, suppress, repress, quell; to dismember, tearparvuluslittle; tiny; petty; small; slight; paltry; mean; unimportant; insignificant; young; tender of yearspusillusvery little, very small, tinyscrībōto write
The English word minute itself goes back to Latin minuō, through minūta.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
minute s.
The sixtieth part of an hour, *horae sexagesima. Forty-five minutes, dodrans horae: two minutes and a half, semuncia horae: a minute hand, *index sexagesimarum.
In astronomy, scripulum (Plin.). Figuratively,
A short space of lime, momentum; punctum temporis: I will come back in a minute, momento, illico revertar: to be punctual to the minute, ad tempus dictum adesse, venire: in a few minutes, minimis momentis: every minute, omnibus minimis temporum punctis (Cic., N.D., 1, 24, 67): for a minute, paullisper.
A brief note or memorandum, commentarii, or commentaria (plur.), commentariolus: capita (plur.): for the minutes of a meeting of resolution, etc. Vid: also, MEMORANDUM.
minute adj.
minutus; parvulus; pusillus (in a ludicrous or contemptuous sense). Vid: SMALL.
minute v.
commentari, scribere, de aliqua re.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for minute?
- The usual Latin words for “minute” are scrīpŭlum, mōmentum, commentārius; also commentāriolum, caput, veniō. 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.