I.v. a., to break into small pieces, to dash to pieces, to break (v. deminuo—rare; “perh. only ante-class.): qui ego illi speculo dimminuam caput,” Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 109; cf.: “caput homini,” id. Men. 2, 2, 30: “caput tuum,” Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 33: “cerebrum tibi,” id. Ad. 4, 2, 32; Lucr. 1, 614.—
II. To violate, outrage, destroy by outrage: “veritates,” Vulg. Psa. 11, 1: “de verbis libri,” id. Apoc. 22, 19 (perh. deminuerit is a better reading).
