imminuo

Latin

Alternative forms

• inminuō

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /imˈmi.nu.oː/, [ɪmˈmɪnuoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /imˈmi.nu.o/, [imˈmiːnuo]

Verb

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

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

• “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)