Noun: minor
Hyphenation:
Gender: Masculine
Declension: Third
Nominative
| Singular | minor |
| Plural | minōrēs |
Genitive
| Singular | minōris |
| Plural | minōrum |
Dative
| Singular | minōrī |
| Plural | minōribus |
Accusative
| Singular | minōrem |
| Plural | minōrēs |
Ablative
| Singular | minōre |
| Plural | minōribus |
Vocative
| Singular | minor |
| Plural | minōrēs |
Sample Sentences
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[…] nunc fama minores / Italiam dixisse ducis de nomine gentem. (now there is a rumor that a later people called the land Italy from the name of their leader.) [29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 1.532–533]
Nouns inflected like minor
nōmenculātor,
conciliātor,
sessor,
sector,
senior,
sartor,
assentātor,
miserātor,
salūtificātor,
praegustātor,
trājector,
stimulātor,
propitiātor,
compōtor,
laqueātor,
irrumātor,
intrōductor,
smēgmātor,
fēnerātor,
prānsor, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *mey-
3. Proto-Indo-European *-néwti
4. Proto-Indo-European *minéwti
5. Proto-Italic *minuō?
6. Proto-Indo-European *-yōs
7. Proto-Italic *-(j)ōs?
8. Proto-Italic *minōs
9. Latin minor
10. Inherited from Proto-Italic *minōs (“less”), from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“small, little”). Related to minuō (“to make smaller, to lessen; to grow less”).
Verbs referencing "minor"
English Nouns
minor, English Nouns
minority, Spanish Nouns
minoría, Catalan Nouns
menor, Italian Nouns
minore, French Nouns
mineur, Russian Nouns
минор, English Nouns
Minorite, English Nouns
Minoress, Portuguese Nouns
minoria.
Translations
threaten, to make a threat against someone; to use threats