The corpus record — Latin

minoro

to make smaller, less

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What it meant

mĭnōro — Lewis & Short

mĭnōro, no

I perf., ātum, 1, v. a. 2. minor, to make smaller, less, or fewer, to lessen, diminish (eccl. Lat.), perit anima, ei minoratur, Tert. Anim. 43: jumenta eorum, Vulg. Psa. 106, 38: dies temporis ejus, id. ib. 88, 46: et qui minoratur viribus, id. Eccli. 41, 3.—

II Neutr., to be lacking, be in want: et qui modicam, non minoravit, Vulg. 2 Cor. 8, 15.—Hence, mĭnōrātus, a, um, P. a., diminished, less (post-class.): minorato pretio vendere, Dig. 18, 7, 10 (al. numerato).

Where it came from

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