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imminutio

imminutio · f

a lessening

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Where it lives

Institutio Oratoria 5 · 0.29/10k
de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum 1 · 0.2/10k
De Oratore 1 · 0.17/10k
Epistulae ad Familiares 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

immĭnūtĭo — Lewis & Short

immĭnūtĭo (inm-), ōnis, f.imminuo,

I a lessening, aiminution; a weakening, impairing, injuring (rare but class.).

I Lit.: pravitas imminutioque corporis, i. e. mutilation, Cic. Fin. 5, 17, 47. —In mal. part., i. q. devirgin tio, a deflowering, Aus. Cent. Nupt. Idyll. 13.—

II Trop.

A In gen.: dignitatis, Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 2: criminis, Quint. 7, 4, 3: malorum, id. 5, 10, 33.—

B In partic., as a figure of speech, the use of a weaker expression for a stronger, Cic. de Or. 3, 54, 207; Quint. 9, 1, 34; 9, 3, 90.

In the wild

imminutio Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 7.4.3
imminutio Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 9.1.34
imminutione Cicero, Epistulae ad Familiares 3.8.2
imminutionem Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 5.10.33
imminutio Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 9.3.90
imminutio Cicero, De Oratore 3.207

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Where it came from

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