"minimus" meaning in Latin

See minimus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [ˈmɪ.nɪ.mʊs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈmiː.ni.mus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Suppletive superlative of parvus, comparative minor, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mey(h₁)- (“small, little”), whence also Latin minuō, Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌹𐌶𐌰 (minniza, “smaller”). Contains the same suffix as in īnfimus (“lowest”), but details are uncertain. Related to Ancient Greek μῑκρός (mīkrós, “little, small”), English smicker. Etymology templates: {{der|la|ine-pro|*mey-#Root_4|*(s)mey(h₁)-|t=small, little}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)mey(h₁)- (“small, little”), {{cog|la|minuō}} Latin minuō, {{cog|got|𐌼𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌹𐌶𐌰|t=smaller}} Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌹𐌶𐌰 (minniza, “smaller”), {{cog|grc|μῑκρός|t=little, small}} Ancient Greek μῑκρός (mīkrós, “little, small”), {{cog|en|smicker}} English smicker Head templates: {{la-adj-sup|minimus}} minimus (superlative, feminine minima, neuter minimum); first/second declension Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|minimus}} Forms: minima [feminine], minimum [neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], minimus [masculine, nominative, singular], minima [feminine, nominative, singular], minimum [neuter, nominative, singular], minimī [masculine, nominative, singular], minimae [feminine, nominative, plural], minima [neuter, nominative, plural], minimī [genitive, masculine, singular], minimae [feminine, genitive, singular], minimī [genitive, neuter, singular], minimōrum [genitive, masculine, singular], minimārum [feminine, genitive, plural], minimōrum [genitive, neuter, plural], minimō [dative, masculine, singular], minimae [dative, feminine, singular], minimō [dative, neuter, singular], minimīs [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter], minimum [accusative, masculine, singular], minimam [accusative, feminine, singular], minimum [accusative, neuter, singular], minimōs [accusative, masculine, singular], minimās [accusative, feminine, plural], minima [accusative, neuter, plural], minimō [ablative, masculine, singular], minimā [ablative, feminine, singular], minimō [ablative, neuter, singular], minimīs [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter], minime [masculine, singular, vocative], minima [feminine, singular, vocative], minimum [neuter, singular, vocative], minimī [masculine, singular, vocative], minimae [feminine, plural, vocative], minima [neuter, plural, vocative], minumus [alternative]
  1. superlative degree of parvus (“smallest”) Tags: declension-1, declension-2, form-of, superlative Form of: parvus (extra: smallest)

Inflected forms

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "maximus"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Italo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "menomo"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: menomo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: menomo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "menomare",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Italian: menomare",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Italian: menomare"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "mignolo",
            "der": "1",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒? Italian: mignolo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒? Italian: mignolo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Gallo-Italic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lmo",
            "2": "marmel",
            "3": "marmelin",
            "der": "1",
            "t2": "little finger"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Lombard: marmel, marmelin (“little finger”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Lombard: marmel, marmelin (“little finger”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "barbeḍin",
            "bor": "1",
            "t": "little finger"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Sicilian: barbeḍin (“little finger”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Sicilian: barbeḍin (“little finger”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Gallo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frp",
            "2": "amermar",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Franco-Provençal: amermar",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Franco-Provençal: amermar"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-oca",
            "2": "merme"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Catalan: merme",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Catalan: merme"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "marmanya",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Catalan: marmanya",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Catalan: marmanya"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "merme"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: merme",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: merme"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "doi marme",
            "der": "1",
            "t": "little finger"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Old French: doi marme (“little finger”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Old French: doi marme (“little finger”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "marmot",
            "der": "1",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒? French: marmot",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒? French: marmot (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Ibero-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt",
            "2": "-",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Old Galician-Portuguese:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Old Galician-Portuguese:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "mouminho",
            "3": "meiminho",
            "alt2": "me(i)minho",
            "t": "smallest",
            "t2": "little finger"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: mouminho (“smallest”), me(i)minho (“little finger”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: mouminho (“smallest”), me(i)minho (“little finger”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "meiminho",
            "3": "mendinho",
            "t2": "little finger"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: meiminho, mendinho (“little finger”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: meiminho, mendinho (“little finger”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt",
            "2": "meninho",
            "t": "boy",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": ">? Old Galician-Portuguese: meninho (“boy”), minhinho, meninno, menỹo\nGalician: meniño\nPortuguese: menino (see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": ">? Old Galician-Portuguese: meninho (“boy”), minhinho, meninno, menỹo\nGalician: meniño\nPortuguese: menino (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "mínim",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Catalan: mínim (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Catalan: mínim (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "minimum",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: minimum (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: minimum (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "minime",
            "3": "minimum",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: minime, minimum (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: minime, minimum (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "mínimo",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Galician: mínimo (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Galician: mínimo (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Minimum",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Minimum (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Minimum (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "minimo",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: minimo (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: minimo (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pms",
            "2": "mìnim",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Piedmontese: mìnim (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Piedmontese: mìnim (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "mínimo",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: mínimo (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: mínimo (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "minim",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: minim (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: minim (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "ми́нимум",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: ми́нимум (mínimum) (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: ми́нимум (mínimum) (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "mínimo",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: mínimo (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: mínimo (learned)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*mey-#Root_4",
        "4": "*(s)mey(h₁)-",
        "t": "small, little"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *(s)mey(h₁)- (“small, little”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "minuō"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin minuō",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐌼𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌹𐌶𐌰",
        "t": "smaller"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌹𐌶𐌰 (minniza, “smaller”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "μῑκρός",
        "t": "little, small"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek μῑκρός (mīkrós, “little, small”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "smicker"
      },
      "expansion": "English smicker",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Suppletive superlative of parvus, comparative minor, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mey(h₁)- (“small, little”), whence also Latin minuō, Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌹𐌶𐌰 (minniza, “smaller”). Contains the same suffix as in īnfimus (“lowest”), but details are uncertain. Related to Ancient Greek μῑκρός (mīkrós, “little, small”), English smicker.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "minima",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minimum",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minimus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minima",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minimum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minimī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minimae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minima",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minimī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minimae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minimī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minimōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minimārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minimōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minimō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minimae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minimō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minimīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minimum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minimam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minimum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minimōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minimās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minima",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minimō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minimā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minimō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minimīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minime",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minima",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minimum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minimī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minimae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minima",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minumus",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "minimus"
      },
      "expansion": "minimus (superlative, feminine minima, neuter minimum); first/second declension",
      "name": "la-adj-sup"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "minimus"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Indo-European links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "smallest",
          "word": "parvus"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "superlative degree of parvus (“smallest”)"
      ],
      "id": "en-minimus-la-adj-om6AewaW",
      "links": [
        [
          "parvus",
          "parvus#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2",
        "form-of",
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmɪ.nɪ.mʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmiː.ni.mus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "minimus"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "maximus"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Italo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "menomo"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: menomo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: menomo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "menomare",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Italian: menomare",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Italian: menomare"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "mignolo",
            "der": "1",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒? Italian: mignolo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒? Italian: mignolo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Gallo-Italic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lmo",
            "2": "marmel",
            "3": "marmelin",
            "der": "1",
            "t2": "little finger"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Lombard: marmel, marmelin (“little finger”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Lombard: marmel, marmelin (“little finger”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "barbeḍin",
            "bor": "1",
            "t": "little finger"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Sicilian: barbeḍin (“little finger”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Sicilian: barbeḍin (“little finger”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Gallo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frp",
            "2": "amermar",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Franco-Provençal: amermar",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Franco-Provençal: amermar"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-oca",
            "2": "merme"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Catalan: merme",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Catalan: merme"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "marmanya",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Catalan: marmanya",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Catalan: marmanya"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "merme"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: merme",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: merme"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "doi marme",
            "der": "1",
            "t": "little finger"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Old French: doi marme (“little finger”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Old French: doi marme (“little finger”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "marmot",
            "der": "1",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒? French: marmot",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒? French: marmot (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Ibero-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt",
            "2": "-",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Old Galician-Portuguese:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Old Galician-Portuguese:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "mouminho",
            "3": "meiminho",
            "alt2": "me(i)minho",
            "t": "smallest",
            "t2": "little finger"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: mouminho (“smallest”), me(i)minho (“little finger”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: mouminho (“smallest”), me(i)minho (“little finger”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "meiminho",
            "3": "mendinho",
            "t2": "little finger"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: meiminho, mendinho (“little finger”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: meiminho, mendinho (“little finger”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt",
            "2": "meninho",
            "t": "boy",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": ">? Old Galician-Portuguese: meninho (“boy”), minhinho, meninno, menỹo\nGalician: meniño\nPortuguese: menino (see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": ">? Old Galician-Portuguese: meninho (“boy”), minhinho, meninno, menỹo\nGalician: meniño\nPortuguese: menino (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "mínim",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Catalan: mínim (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Catalan: mínim (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "minimum",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: minimum (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: minimum (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "minime",
            "3": "minimum",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: minime, minimum (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: minime, minimum (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "mínimo",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Galician: mínimo (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Galician: mínimo (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Minimum",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Minimum (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Minimum (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "minimo",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: minimo (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: minimo (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pms",
            "2": "mìnim",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Piedmontese: mìnim (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Piedmontese: mìnim (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "mínimo",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: mínimo (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: mínimo (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "minim",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: minim (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: minim (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "ми́нимум",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: ми́нимум (mínimum) (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: ми́нимум (mínimum) (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "mínimo",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: mínimo (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: mínimo (learned)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*mey-#Root_4",
        "4": "*(s)mey(h₁)-",
        "t": "small, little"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *(s)mey(h₁)- (“small, little”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "minuō"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin minuō",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐌼𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌹𐌶𐌰",
        "t": "smaller"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌹𐌶𐌰 (minniza, “smaller”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "μῑκρός",
        "t": "little, small"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek μῑκρός (mīkrós, “little, small”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "smicker"
      },
      "expansion": "English smicker",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Suppletive superlative of parvus, comparative minor, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mey(h₁)- (“small, little”), whence also Latin minuō, Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌹𐌶𐌰 (minniza, “smaller”). Contains the same suffix as in īnfimus (“lowest”), but details are uncertain. Related to Ancient Greek μῑκρός (mīkrós, “little, small”), English smicker.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "minima",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minimum",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minimus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minima",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minimum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minimī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minimae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minima",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minimī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minimae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minimī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minimōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minimārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minimōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minimō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minimae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minimō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minimīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minimum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minimam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minimum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minimōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minimās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minima",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minimō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minimā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minimō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minimīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minime",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minima",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minimum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minimī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minimae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minima",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minumus",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "minimus"
      },
      "expansion": "minimus (superlative, feminine minima, neuter minimum); first/second declension",
      "name": "la-adj-sup"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "minimus"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Latin non-lemma forms",
        "Latin superlative adjectives",
        "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Latin terms with redundant head parameter",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Proto-Indo-European links with manual fragments"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "smallest",
          "word": "parvus"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "superlative degree of parvus (“smallest”)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "parvus",
          "parvus#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2",
        "form-of",
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmɪ.nɪ.mʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmiː.ni.mus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "minimus"
}

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