impair Copy link Outline 1. infringo, frēgi, fractum, 32. immĭnuo, i, ūtum, 3 (to diminish or curtail)3. commĭnuo, 3 (to break in pieces4. attĕro, trīvi, tum, 3 (to wear away; hence, to enfeeble)5. accīdo, di, sum, 3 (lit. to hack and so to weaken greatly6. ēlĕvo, 1 (to render less weighty • impair: 1. infringo, frēgi, fractum, 3: to i. the very flower of distinction, ipsum florem dignitatis inf., Cic. Bal. 6, 15: to i. any one's glory, alicujus gloriam inf., Cic. Mil. 2, 5: to i. a prerogative, jus. inf., Tac. Ann. 4, 19. 2. immĭnuo, i, ūtum, 3 (to diminish or curtail): what is there that time has not i.'d, quid non imminuit dies? Hor. Od. 3, 6, 45: Cic. Join: imminuere ac debilitare, Cic. Ph. 12, 3, init. 3. commĭnuo, 3 (to break in pieces: hence, greatly to injure or i.): to i. the strength of one's genius, ingenii vires c., Ov. Pont. 3, 3, 34: as respects fortune, my means are greatly i.'d, re familiari comminuti sumus, Cic. Att. 4, 3, fin. 4. attĕro, trīvi, tum, 3 (to wear away; hence, to enfeeble): Hannibal had greatly i.'d the resources of Italy, H. Italiae opes maxime attriverat, Sall. Jug. 5: Curt. 5. accīdo, di, sum, 3 (lit. to hack and so to weaken greatly: in fig. sense, prob. only in perf. tenses pass.): though the strength of the state was greatly i.'d, etsi accisae res sint, Liv. 3, 10, med.: cf. Cic. prov. cons. 14, 34. 6. ēlĕvo, 1 (to render less weighty: to detract from): the clearness of a thing is i.'d by arguing, perspicuitas argumentando elevatur, Cic. N. D. 3, 4, init. See also to weaken.