LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

minusculus

minusculus (feminine minuscula, neuter minusculum)
Classical[mɪˈnʊs.kʊ.ɫʊs]Ecclesiastical[miˈnus.ku.lus]

Meaning

  1. adjectiverather less
  2. adjectiverather small

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeminusculusminusculaminusculum
genitiveminusculīminusculaeminusculī
dativeminusculōminusculaeminusculō
accusativeminusculumminusculamminusculum
ablativeminusculōminusculāminusculō
vocativeminusculeminusculaminusculum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeminusculīminusculaeminuscula
genitiveminusculōrumminusculārumminusculōrum
dativeminusculīsminusculīsminusculīs
accusativeminusculōsminusculāsminuscula
ablativeminusculīsminusculīsminusculīs
vocativeminusculīminusculaeminuscula

mĭnuscŭlus, a, um,
I. adj. dim. [1. minus], rather less, rather small (class.): ostium, Poët. ap. Macr. S. 3, 12: aviarium, Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 5: cupae, Cato, R. R. 12: nomen, very short, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 46: villa, Cic. Att. 14, 13, 5: epistola, id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 4.— Of persons: meretrix, Plaut. Poen. 2, 50.

Origins

From minor (“less, lesser, smaller”) + -culus (diminutive suffix) (built on the originally s-final stem of the adjective, attested also in the neuter nominative singular form minus).

Descendants
  • Catalanminúscul
  • Englishminuscule
  • Frenchminuscule
  • Italianminuscolo
  • Romanianminuscul
  • Portugueseminúsculo
  • Spanishminúsculo
  • Dutchminuscuul
  • Friulianminuscul
  • Galicianmincha

Quick answers

What does minusculus mean in Latin?
minusculus, a adjective, means “rather less; rather small”.
How do you pronounce minusculus?
In classical Latin, [mɪˈnʊs.kʊ.ɫʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [miˈnus.ku.lus].