dī-mĭnŭo (or
dī-mĭnŭo (or dimmĭnuo), ĕre, 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.— To violate, outrage, destroy by outrage: veritates, Vulg. Psa. 11, 1: de verbis libri, id. Apoc. 22, 19 (perh. deminuerit is a better reading).
No short def.
Headword (normalized):
dī-mĭnŭo (or
Headword (normalized/stripped):
di-minuo (or
Intro Text:
dī-mĭnŭo (or dimmĭnuo), ĕre, 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.— To violate, outrage, destroy by outrage: veritates, Vulg. Psa. 11, 1: de verbis libri, id. Apoc. 22, 19 (perh. deminuerit is a better reading).
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lat.ls.perseus-eng2-n14022
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