comminuo

Latin

Etymology

From con- +‎ minuō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kɔmˈmɪ.nu.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [komˈmiː.nu.o]

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.