diminutio
From LSJ
τίς γὰρ ἁδονᾶς ἄτερ θνατῶν βίος ποθεινὸς ἢ ποία τυραννίς; τᾶς ἄτερ οὐδὲ θεῶν ζηλωτὸς αἰών → What human life is desirable without pleasure, or what lordly power? Without it not even the life of the gods is enviable.
Latin > English
diminutio diminutionis N F :: diminution, decrease; [capitis ~ => loss of civil rights, civil death]
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
dīmĭnūtĭo: ōnis, f., another reading for deminutio, Hyg. F. 30 in Maj. Auct. Class. v. 3, p. 13, and Vulg. Rom. 11, 12 al.
Latin > German (Georges)
dīminūtio, s. deminutio.
