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minoris

minoris is a Latin form of parvus, meaning “small, little”. It is the genitive singular comparative adjective or genitive singular masculine comparative adjective.

Found 84 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, Pro S. Roscio Amerino 46: … e a litteris quidem alienus esses. ecquid tandem tibi videtur, ut ad fabulas veniamus, senex ille Caecilianus minoris facere Eutychum, filium rusticum, quam illum alterum, Chaerestratum? — nam, ut opinor, hoc nomine est — alter …

Seneca the Younger, Epistulae 3.27.7: … risor, ut grammaticos haberet analectas. Cum dixisset Sabinus centenis milibus sibi constare singulos servos; Minoris, inquit, totidem scrinia emisses. Ille tamen in ea opinione erat, ut putaret se scire, quod quisquam in domo …

All forms of parvus (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.