diminution Copy link Outline 1. immĭnūtio, Cic.2. mĭnūtio3. dēmĭnūtio • diminution: 1. immĭnūtio, Cic. 2. mĭnūtio: Quint.: Gell. 3. dēmĭnūtio: Cic. (But often better expr. by verb: his authority has suffered d., imminuta est ejus auctoritas, etc.: v. to diminish.) Phr.: d. of pain, remissio doloris, Scrib.; for which Cic. has relaxatio, Fin. 2, 29, 95 (v. abatement): d. of taxes, tributi levamentum, Tac.: d. of strength, d. virium: v. decay.
DIMINUTION Copy link • DIMINUTIONdeminutio. imminutio. extenuatio. levatio. remissio: mitigatio. Diminution of strength, defectio virium; vires corporis affectae. Vid: LESSENING.