The corpus record — Latin

minutio

minutio · f

a lessening, diminishing

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Where it lives

Griphus Ternarii numeri 1 · 9.35/10k
De Spectaculis 1 · 1.57/10k
Noctes Atticae 2 · 0.18/10k
Institutio Oratoria 2 · 0.12/10k

What it meant

mĭnūtĭo — Lewis & Short

mĭnūtĭo, ōnis, f.minuo,

I a lessening, diminishing (post-Aug.); trop., opp. incrementum, Quint. 8, 4, 28: rerum, id. 6, 3, 52: capitis, i. e. deminutio, Gell. 1, 12, 9; Dig. 4, 5, 1; 4, 5, 5: sanguinis, blood-letting, bleeding, Veg. Vet. 1, 28, 1; so, minutio alone: cum praescriptis minutionis observantiis, id. ib. 1, 17, 13.

In the wild

minutione Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 1.12.9
minutio Ausonius, Griphus Ternarii numeri 1.65
minutionem Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 16.5.5
minutio Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 4.3.15
minutione Tertullian, De Spectaculis 22.1
minutio Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 8.4.27

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. minutio (scan p. 429; entry #6890).

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