minuō uī, ūtus, ere 3 MAN-, to make small, lessen, diminish, divide into small pieces: Mullum in singula pulmenta, H.: ligna, chop into small pieces, O.: minuendo corpus alebat, by feeding on it, O.

—To diminish, ebb: minuente aestu, at ebbtide, Cs.

—Fig., to lessen, diminish, lower, reduce, weaken, abate, restrict. Ut aliqua pars laboris minuatur mihi, T.: meum consilium, change, T.: neque cupido Iugurthae minuebatur, S.: (rem familiarem), H.: gloriam Pompei: auctoritatem, Cs.: minuunt ea corporis artūs, grow less, diminish in size, O.: proelio uno et volnere suo minutus, discouraged, L.: controversias, settle, Cs.: minuenda est haec opinio, to be refuted: magistratum, restrict, L.: censuram, limit, L.: maiestatem populi R. per vim, offend against: religionem, N.: ne quid de dignitate generum minuatur.