imminuo

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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imminuō (present infinitive imminuere, perfect active imminuī, supine imminūtum); third conjugation

  1. to lessen or diminish
    Synonyms: minuō, diminuō, dēminuō, premō, tenuō
    Antonyms: augeō, amplificō, extendō, accumulō, cumulō, multiplicō
  2. to abbreviate
    Synonyms: premō, corripiō

Conjugation

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   Conjugation of imminuō (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present imminuō imminuis imminuit imminuimus imminuitis imminuunt
imperfect imminuēbam imminuēbās imminuēbat imminuēbāmus imminuēbātis imminuēbant
future imminuam imminuēs imminuet imminuēmus imminuētis imminuent
perfect imminuī imminuistī imminuit imminuimus imminuistis imminuērunt,
imminuēre
pluperfect imminueram imminuerās imminuerat imminuerāmus imminuerātis imminuerant
future perfect imminuerō imminueris imminuerit imminuerimus imminueritis imminuerint
passive present imminuor imminueris,
imminuere
imminuitur imminuimur imminuiminī imminuuntur
imperfect imminuēbar imminuēbāris,
imminuēbāre
imminuēbātur imminuēbāmur imminuēbāminī imminuēbantur
future imminuar imminuēris,
imminuēre
imminuētur imminuēmur imminuēminī imminuentur
perfect imminūtus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect imminūtus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect imminūtus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present imminuam imminuās imminuat imminuāmus imminuātis imminuant
imperfect imminuerem imminuerēs imminueret imminuerēmus imminuerētis imminuerent
perfect imminuerim imminuerīs imminuerit imminuerīmus imminuerītis imminuerint
pluperfect imminuissem imminuissēs imminuisset imminuissēmus imminuissētis imminuissent
passive present imminuar imminuāris,
imminuāre
imminuātur imminuāmur imminuāminī imminuantur
imperfect imminuerer imminuerēris,
imminuerēre
imminuerētur imminuerēmur imminuerēminī imminuerentur
perfect imminūtus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect imminūtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present imminue imminuite
future imminuitō imminuitō imminuitōte imminuuntō
passive present imminuere imminuiminī
future imminuitor imminuitor imminuuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives imminuere imminuisse imminūtūrum esse imminuī imminūtum esse imminūtum īrī
participles imminuēns imminūtūrus imminūtus imminuendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
imminuendī imminuendō imminuendum imminuendō imminūtum imminūtū

References

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  • imminuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • imminuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • imminuo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) to increase a person's dignity: auctoritatem alicuius amplificare (opp. imminuere, minuere)
    • (ambiguous) to detract from a person's reputation, wilfully underestimate a person: alicuius famam, laudem imminuere
    • (ambiguous) to weaken, destroy a man's credit: fidem alicuius imminuere, infirmare (opp. confirmare)