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“minuteness” in Latin
parvitāssmallness, littleness; unimportance, insignificanceexiguitāsscantiness; smallness, shortness; scarcityexīlitāsthinness, meagreness, weakness, poornessdīligōto esteem, prize, love, have regard, to delight in (something); to set apart by choosing, to single (something) out, to cūracare, concern, thought; pains, industry, diligence, exertion; anxiety, grief, sorrowsubtīlitāsfineness, thinness, slenderness, minuteness; keenness, acuteness; exactness, subtletybrevitāsshortness; narrowness; briefness, brevity, shortness; conciseness, terseness, brevity
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
minuteness
Smallness, parvitas, exiguitas, exilitas: Minuteness of stature, brevitas (opposed to magnitudo corporis, Caes., B.G., 2, 30).
Accuracy, diligentia; cura; subtilitas.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for minuteness?
- The usual Latin words for “minuteness” are parvitās, exiguitās, exīlitās; also dīligō, cūra, subtīlitās. 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.