imminuo
Latin
Alternative forms
- inminuō
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /imˈmi.nu.oː/, [ɪmˈmɪnuoː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /imˈmi.nu.o/, [imˈmiːnuo]
Verb
imminuō (present infinitive imminuere, perfect active imminuī, supine imminūtum); third conjugation
- I lessen or diminish
- Synonyms: minuō, diminuō, dēminuō, premō, tenuō
- Antonyms: augeō, amplificō, extendō, accumulō, cumulō, multiplicō
- I abbreviate
- Synonyms: premō, corripiō
Conjugation
Conjugation of imminuō (third conjugation) | |||||||
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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, 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)
- (ambiguous) to increase a person's dignity: auctoritatem alicuius amplificare (opp. imminuere, minuere)