comminuo

Latin

Etymology

From con- +‎ minuō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /komˈmi.nu.oː/, [kɔmˈmɪnuoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /komˈmi.nu.o/, [komˈmiːnuo]

Verb

comminuō (present infinitive comminuere, perfect active comminuī, supine comminūtum); third conjugation

1. to break or crumble into small pieces; to pulverize or comminute
2. to lessen

Conjugation

Conjugation of comminuō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	comminuō	comminuis	comminuit	comminuimus	comminuitis	comminuunt
	imperfect	comminuēbam	comminuēbās	comminuēbat	comminuēbāmus	comminuēbātis	comminuēbant
	future	comminuam	comminuēs	comminuet	comminuēmus	comminuētis	comminuent
	perfect	comminuī	comminuistī	comminuit	comminuimus	comminuistis	comminuērunt, comminuēre
	pluperfect	comminueram	comminuerās	comminuerat	comminuerāmus	comminuerātis	comminuerant
	future perfect	comminuerō	comminueris	comminuerit	comminuerimus	comminueritis	comminuerint
passive	present	comminuor	comminueris, comminuere	comminuitur	comminuimur	comminuiminī	comminuuntur
	imperfect	comminuēbar	comminuēbāris, comminuēbāre	comminuēbātur	comminuēbāmur	comminuēbāminī	comminuēbantur
	future	comminuar	comminuēris, comminuēre	comminuētur	comminuēmur	comminuēminī	comminuentur
	perfect	comminūtus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	comminūtus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	comminūtus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	comminuam	comminuās	comminuat	comminuāmus	comminuātis	comminuant
	imperfect	comminuerem	comminuerēs	comminueret	comminuerēmus	comminuerētis	comminuerent
	perfect	comminuerim	comminuerīs	comminuerit	comminuerīmus	comminuerītis	comminuerint
	pluperfect	comminuissem	comminuissēs	comminuisset	comminuissēmus	comminuissētis	comminuissent
passive	present	comminuar	comminuāris, comminuāre	comminuātur	comminuāmur	comminuāminī	comminuantur
	imperfect	comminuerer	comminuerēris, comminuerēre	comminuerētur	comminuerēmur	comminuerēminī	comminuerentur
	perfect	comminūtus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	comminūtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	comminue	—	—	comminuite	—
	future	—	comminuitō	comminuitō	—	comminuitōte	comminuuntō
passive	present	—	comminuere	—	—	comminuiminī	—
	future	—	comminuitor	comminuitor	—	—	comminuuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		comminuere	comminuisse	comminūtūrum esse	comminuī	comminūtum esse	comminūtum īrī
participles		comminuēns	—	comminūtūrus	—	comminūtus	comminuendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		comminuendī	comminuendō	comminuendum	comminuendō	comminūtum	comminūtū

References

• “comminuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “comminuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• comminuo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.