minus

minus is a Latin form of parvus, meaning “small, little”. It is the adverb or comparative adverb or accusative singular neuter comparative adjective or nominative singular neuter comparative adjective.

Found 3,107 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 1.2.4: His rebus fiebat ut et minus late vagarentur et minus facile finitimis bellum inferre possent;

Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.1.117: si de hereditate ambigetvr et tabvlae testamenti obsignatae non minvs mvltis sign is qvam e lege oportet ad me proferentvr, se cvndvm tabvlas testamenti potissimvm possessionem da …

Pliny the Younger, Epistulae 7.22.1: Minus miraberis me tam instanter petisse, ut in amicum meum conferres tribunatum, cum scieris quis ille qualisque. Possum autem iam tibi et nomen indicare et describere ipsum, postquam polliceris.

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.