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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=diminuo diminuere, diminui, diminutus V TRANS :: [[lessen]], [[diminish]]
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>dī-mĭnŭo</b>: (or dimmĭnuo), ĕre,<br /><b>I</b> 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.—<br /><b>II</b> To [[violate]], [[outrage]], [[destroy]] by [[outrage]]: veritates, Vulg. Psa. 11, 1: de verbis libri, id. Apoc. 22, 19 (perh. deminuerit is a [[better]] [[reading]]).
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>dīmĭnŭō</b> <b>(dimm-)</b>, ĕre ([[dis]], [[minuo]]), tr., mettre en morceaux, briser : Pl. Most. 265 ; Ter. Eun. 803. confusion dans les mss avec [[deminuo]], cf. Cic. Inv. 2, 18 ; de Or. 3, 132.
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{{Georges
|georg=dī-[[minuo]] (archaist. [[dimminuo]]), (uī), ūtum, ere ([[dis]] u. [[minuo]]), [[nach]] allen Seiten in kleine Teile [[zerlegen]], [[zersplittern]], [[zerschmettern]], alci [[caput]], Plaut. Men. 304: alci [[caput]] speculo, Plaut. most. 266: [[caput]] tuum, Ter. eun. 803: alci [[cerebrum]], Ter. adelph. 571: alterius diminutas scapulas in deforme extundit, Sen. contr. 10, 4 (33), 2. – / Oft Variante [[von]] [[deminuo]], w. vgl.
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