comminuo

comminuo

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Latin con-
Proto-Indo-European *mey-
Proto-Indo-European *-néwti
Proto-Indo-European *minéwti
Proto-Italic *minuō
Latin minuō
Latin comminuō

    From con- + minuō.

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    comminuō (present infinitive comminuere, perfect active comminuī, supine comminūtum); third conjugation

    1. to break or crumble into small pieces; to pulverize or comminute
    2. to lessen

    Conjugation

       Conjugation of comminuō (third conjugation)
    indicative singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present comminuō comminuis comminuit comminuimus comminuitis comminuunt
    imperfect comminuēbam comminuēbās comminuēbat comminuēbāmus comminuēbātis comminuēbant
    future comminuam comminuēs comminuet comminuēmus comminuētis comminuent
    perfect comminuī comminuistī comminuit comminuimus comminuistis comminuērunt,
    comminuēre
    pluperfect comminueram comminuerās comminuerat comminuerāmus comminuerātis comminuerant
    future perfect comminuerō comminueris comminuerit comminuerimus comminueritis comminuerint
    passive present comminuor comminueris,
    comminuere     		comminuitur comminuimur comminuiminī comminuuntur
    imperfect comminuēbar comminuēbāris,
    comminuēbāre     		comminuēbātur comminuēbāmur comminuēbāminī comminuēbantur
    future comminuar comminuēris,
    comminuēre     		comminuētur comminuēmur comminuēminī comminuentur
    perfect comminūtus + present active indicative of sum
    pluperfect comminūtus + imperfect active indicative of sum
    future perfect comminūtus + future active indicative of sum
    subjunctive singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present comminuam comminuās comminuat comminuāmus comminuātis comminuant
    imperfect comminuerem comminuerēs comminueret comminuerēmus comminuerētis comminuerent
    perfect comminuerim comminuerīs comminuerit comminuerīmus comminuerītis comminuerint
    pluperfect comminuissem comminuissēs comminuisset comminuissēmus comminuissētis comminuissent
    passive present comminuar comminuāris,
    comminuāre     		comminuātur comminuāmur comminuāminī comminuantur
    imperfect comminuerer comminuerēris,
    comminuerēre     		comminuerētur comminuerēmur comminuerēminī comminuerentur
    perfect comminūtus + present active subjunctive of sum
    pluperfect comminūtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
    imperative singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present — comminue — — comminuite —
    future — comminuitō comminuitō — comminuitōte comminuuntō
    passive present — comminuere — — comminuiminī —
    future — comminuitor comminuitor — — comminuuntor
    non-finite forms infinitive participle
    active passive active passive
    present comminuere comminuī comminuēns —
    future comminūtūrum esse comminūtum īrī comminūtūrus comminuendus
    perfect comminuisse comminūtum esse — comminūtus
    future perfect — comminūtum fore — —
    perfect potential comminūtūrum fuisse — — —
    verbal nouns gerund supine
    genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
    comminuendī comminuendō comminuendum comminuendō comminūtum comminūtū

    References

    • “comminuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “comminuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • “comminuo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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