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deminutio

deminutio · f

a diminution, decrease, lessening, abatement

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Where it lives

Pro Fonteio 1 · 2.2/10k
De Provinciis Consularibus In Senatu 1 · 1.95/10k
De Constantia 1 · 1.89/10k
De Lege Agraria 2 · 1.45/10k
De idolatria 1 · 1.45/10k
De Anima 2 · 0.84/10k
In L. Catilinam 1 · 0.8/10k
Divus Augustus 1 · 0.75/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 39-40 - 39 1 · 0.68/10k
Ad Lucilium Epistulae Morales 4 · 0.34/10k
De Bello Civili 1 · 0.31/10k
De Officiis 1 · 0.3/10k

Densest 12 of 21 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

dēmĭnūtĭo — Lewis & Short

dēmĭnūtĭo, ōnis, f.deminuo,

I a diminution, decrease, lessening, abatement (good prose).

I Lit.: accretio et deminutio luminis, Cic. Tusc. 1, 28: civium, id. Cat. 3, 10, 24: vectigalium, id. Agr. 1, 7, 21: de bonis privatorum, id. Off. 2, 21, 73; cf.: tanta de imperio, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 4: multari imperatorem deminutione provinciae, i. e. by shortening his term of command, Cic. Prov. Cons. 15 fin.—

II Trop.

A In gen.: alicujus libertatis, Cic. Agr. 2, 7: muliebre fastigium in deminutionem sui accipiens (sui, i. e. his own dignity), Tac. A. 1, 14: mentis, a being out of one's senses (shortly before, alienata mens), Suet. Aug. 99 fin.: honor aut deminutio, i. e. dishonor, Plin. 34, 13, 38, § 137.—

B Esp. (legal t. t.), the right of alienation of one's estate: uti Feceniae Hispalae datio deminutio esset, Liv. 39, 19, 5 (Weissenb. ad loc.).—

C Public. t. t.: capitis deminutio, the loss or forfeiture of civil rights, Caes. B. C. 2, 32, 9; Gai. Inst. 1, 160 sq.; Dig. 28, 3, 6, § 6; 25, 3, 7, § 1; Ulp. Reg. 10, 3; cf. Dig. 38, 17, 1: Poste Gai. p. 108; Sandars, Just. Inst. Introd. 40 sq.; v. Caput, III. 1. b. —

D In grammat. lang., a diminutive form, Quint. 1, 6, 6; cf. ib. 4; Charis. p. 73 P.; 128 P. et saep.

In the wild

deminutioneque Vitruvius, De Architectura 9.1.16.p2
deminutionem Tacitus, Annales 2.p43
deminutione Seneca, Ad Lucilium Epistulae Morales 2.20.1
deminutione Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 13.12.p1
deminutione Julius Caesar, De Bello Civili 2.32.10
deminutio Seneca, De Constantia 2.5.4

6 of 32 attestations shown.

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