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English wēg, wǣge
small little tiny wee
minute petite diminutive minūtus <
minuere pitinnus diminutivus PGmc *snakon PGmc *wurmiz
snake worm
serpent serpens...
- -nd
results in "subtrahend", "thing to be subtracted". Likewise, from
minuere "to
reduce or diminish", one gets "minuend",
which means "thing to be diminished"...
- lest the
enemy come', 'I fear that the
enemy is coming'.
vereor ne dum
minuere velim laborem augeam,
Cicero De
Legibus I.4.12 – 'I fear that,
while I...
- case, both
verbs depend on an
initial verb of fearing: sed
vereor nē, dum
minuere velim labōrem,
augeam (Cicero) 'but I am
afraid in case,
while I am trying...
