less (adj.) Copy link • less (adj.): mĭnor, us: v. little. Dimin. minusculus, rather less, Cic. (oftener = rather small).
less (adv.) Copy link • less (adv.): mĭnus: pass. Much l., nēdum, with subj.: much l. can you, n. tu possis, Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 45: Cic.: also without a verb expressed, cf. Cic. Fam. 16, 8, vix in ipsis tectis frigus vitatur, n. in mari: with ut added before the subj., Liv. 3, 14, fin. (nedum ut vis ulla fieret). For nedum Tac. sometimes has, adeo non, adeo nunquam, cf. Ann. 6, 15, extr.
-less (suffix) Copy link • -less (suffix): expr. by prefixes in., ex-, or sometimes prep. sine: see the adjj.
LESS Copy link • LESSminor, neuter, minus. To make less, minuere; imminuere: to grow less, minui; imminui: much less; Vid: MUCH LESS.