mĭnūtĭa — Lewis & Short
mĭnūtĭa, ae, f.minutus,
I smallness, fineness, minuteness (post-Aug.):
donec ad minutiam redigantur,to make quite small, reduce to powder, Sen. Ep. 90, 23: pulveris minutiae, little particles, Lact. Ira Dei, 10, 9.—Plur., insignificant matters, trifles:
ut praetereamus negotiorum minutias,Amm. 23, 1, 1:
humilium minutias indagare causarum,id. 26, 1, 1:
historiam producere per ignobiles minutias,id. 27, 2, 11: per minutias, into the minutest detail; with scrutari, id. 14, 6, 25;
with demonstrare,id. 23, 6, 74:
gesta narrare,id. 28, 2, 12.—Postclass. collat. form mĭnūtĭes, ēi, f.:
ad summam minutiem conterere,App. M. 9, p. 229:
humana,id. ib. 11, p. 263; Arn. 6, p. 256; Lact. 2, 4, 12.