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malelkio. Sallust. Ministri regis, ft e. 
the Human senators, as the supporter*, 
p omoUrs, friends of his purposes. Cic. 
seuitionum, A. e. fume liters. Id. ivlinis- 
trps se nrssbent in judicns oratonbu-, 
k. e. infirm the orators what is the lav.. 
Id. legilin, h. e. servants, administrators. 
Tacit, sermonuin, h. r. mediator, inter¬ 
cessor, negotiator. Ilorat. Ales (ft. e. 
aiiuila) minister fulminis. Virg. Cal 
c ha rite niinistro, h. e. with the assistance 
of Calchas. Vellci. consiliomin, h. c. 
helper, assistant, associate. ■ Pun. Ep- pre- 
cum, h. e. hearer, reporter. — Also, oI 
inanimate things. Cic. bit annulus 
tuus non minister alien® voluntatis. 
Id Huic facinori tua dornus ministia 
esse non debuit. Id. Arles ministr® 
oratoris. Ovid. Mimstro baoulo, A. e. 
with the help of a staff. Tacit. llei nn- 
nistra insula. 
MINISTeRIUM (minister), 11 , n. service 
of a servant, virYipeaia. Jasmin• ser- 
vorum. Liv. Aquila velut ministers 
missa, h. e. for attendance. Justm. M - 
nisterium alicni facere, or, Pandect. 
or®stare, or, Id. exhibere, ft. e. to sene, 
wait upon. Liv. Quod mimstenum (sc 
coqui , the cooking) fuerat, ars haberi 
cffiPta. — Hence, any service, attendance, 
office, work, labor. Liv. senbarum, 
h. e. the office of a scribe. Id. nauti- 
cum, the business of a sailor. Id. iVlmis- 
terio fungi. Virg. triste, h. c. a sad 
office. Ovid. Diurna mimster.a, ft. ■ e. 
labors. So, also, Plin. pedum. Am¬ 
in aliquibus ministerius regns esse. 
Petron. navigii, A. e. management, steer- 
are. Sueton. Obiit ministerio Pisoms, 
h e. agency, instrumentality. — Also, oj 
animals. Liv. Cameli jumentorum mi- 
nisteriis funguntur. - If Also, scr 
vants, a suite of attendants, household. 
Plin. Triclinium capax quindecim cou- 
vivarum ac ministerii. Tacit. Circum- 
dare principi ministeria, ft. e. to form Ins 
w suite. Lamprid. aulicum, h. c. servants at 
court _Also, one who takes care of , or 
arranges any thing. Suet. Arena? minis¬ 
teria.'’--ir Also, table-plate, vessels for 
ealinnr. Lampril. 
MINISTR A, m, f- See Minister. 
MINISTRaTIB (niinistro), onis, f. a 
2 serving, helping. Vitruv. 
MINiSTRaTOR (Id.), oris, m. a servant, 
attendant, waiter at table. Senec. At 
banquets, a cup-bearer. Petron. - 
ir Also, an assistant, one who supplies an 
other with what he is to say, &c. Ctc. 
Ministrator juris, h. e. a lawyer who gives 
to an orator advice and information about, 
the law. Sueton. Tit. 17. Quuin aun- 
ganti Caio ministratorem exhiberet, h. e. 
when he instructed. 
MINTSTRaToRIOS (ministrator), a, urn, 
3adj. relating to serving or assisting. 
Martial. . 
MINISTR8 (minister), as, avi, atum, a. 
1 to serve, attend, wait upon, assist, 
v'irnpeTeo). Cic. alicui. Colam. ali- 
nuem. — Particularly at table, to wait 
upon, serve up meat and drink, pour in, 
hand. Cic. Servi ministrant. Tacit.. 
Ministrare cibos. Cic. pocula. Ilorat. 
coenam. Cic. inhere, for potum, or pocu- 
lum Ovid, nectar. Cic. Ministratur 
poculis maximis.-IT Figur. to take 
care of, attend to, manage, rule, direct. 
Vim. velis, li. e. to attend to, manage. 
Tacit, navem, ft. e. to steer. Uacr. 
siunptibus, ft. e. to provide for. Ovid. 
i i; gsa medicorum.-IT In general, to 
supply, provide, furnish, give, afford. 
Cic. faces furiis Clodianis. Varr. vic¬ 
tual alicui. Tibull. prolem, ft. e. to give, 
present. Val. Place. Equus terga minis¬ 
trat. — Also, of inanimate things. Varr. 
Sarmentum colibus succum ministrat. 
Virir. Furor arma ministrat. Ilorat. 
Vinum, quod verba ministret. 
MINITaBILITBR (minitabilis), adv. in a 
3 threatening manner. Pacuv. 
MINITaBuNDOS (minitor), a, nm, adj. 
2 threatening. Lio. 
MINITB, as, a. 1. same as Minitor. I taut. 
MI NIT 5 R (minor, ari), aris, atus sum, 
deo 1. to threaten, menace, dirsiXuo. 
• Cic." mortem fratri. Id. urbi ferro igni- 
oue. Sallust. C®snri gladio. — Also, 
aliquid, without a dat. Terent. malum. 
Odd vulnera. — Also, without a case. 
Plant. Etiam minitare ? — Also, with 
an inknit, and accusat Plant. Cur ergo 
minitaris tibi te vitam esse ainissuruin. 
— Also, without an accus. lerent. 
Quod nunc minitare facere r 
IT Plaut. Minitarier, for mimtari. 
MINIUM (a Spanish word), n, n. natural 
cinnabar, cinnabaris nativa, or, vermi 
ion, red-lead, minium; smople, ruaaic, 
uiXros- Ovid., Plin., &c. 
MINIOS, or MI&EhS (minium), a, urn, 
3 adj. of cinnabar*or vermilion, red nice 
vermilion. Apul. color rosarum. 
MINIO-S, ii, m. a 'river-of Spmn, now 
Minho. Plin. . 
MIN5 (unc.), as, a. 1. to threaten. Prts- 
3 dan. -IT Also, to excite, drive on by 
crying and beating. Apul. equurn. la. 
MINoIS (Idis, f. relating to Mi¬ 
ll nos. — Hence, Ariadne, the daughter of 
Minos. Ovid. — Also, any female of the 
family of Minos. Senec. * 
MINoIoS (Mii/coios), a, urn, adj. relating 
to Minos. Virg. regnuin. Ovid, creta. 
Id. virgo, ft. e. Ariadne. Propert. sella, 
ft. e. his tribunal in the infernal regions. 
MINOR, us. oris, compar. See Parvus. 
MINOR (allied to min® & mineo), aris, 
atus sum, dep. 1. to project, reach up¬ 
wards, tower towards. Virg. m ccelum. 
_If Also, to threaten, menace, airti- 
Xew. Cic. alicui. Id. alicui crucera, 
— Also, of inanimate things.* Cic. no¬ 
nius mea deflagrationem urbi minare- 
tur Virr. Ornus minatur, ft. e. threat¬ 
ens to .fall. Sil. Minanti servitio se en- 
pere, ft. e. impending, threatening. Also, 
with an accusat. and infinit. following. 
Terent. Minatur se abiturum esse. — 
Hence, to intend, purpose, profess, prom 
isc, threaten. Ilorat.. multa et prteclara. 
— Also, of inanimate things. Ilorat. 
Quodcunque minabitur arcus, ft. e. to 
aim at. n 
MINOR5 (minor), as, avi, atum, a. 1. to 
3 make less or smallcY , to lessen , c\ a< toco. 
Tertull. ■ 
MINOS (Mil/cos), ois, m. a son of Jupiter, 
and Europa, king of Crete, husband of 
Pasiphae, father of Ariadne, - Phtedra, 
Androireos, Sec. He was a just king, and 
on that account made judge of the infernal 
regions. He ordered Diedalus to build 
the labyrinth, &c. As Minos, sacrificing 
to the Graces, on the island of Paros, 
was informed of the death of his son An- 
droo-cos, he immediately jrut away the 
wreath, ordered the players on the flute to 
slop, and thus finished the sacrifice. Hence, 
Suet. Tib. 70. Minois exemplo suppli- 
cavit.__ IT There were two of this 
name. The elder was a son of Jupiter, 
and judirt of the lower regions ; the young- 
er was a grandson of the former , hus- 
band of Pasipliac, &c. 
MINOTAUROS (Mwcoraupoj), l, m. a son 
of Pasiphae, wife of Minos, who had, him by 
a bull; he was half man and half bull; 
the Athenians were obliged to deliver to him 
every year seven boys and seven girls, 
until Theseus destroyed the monster and 
escaped from the labyrinth with the assist¬ 
ance of Ariadne. - - II Cic. Offensione 
Minotauri, ft. c. Calvisii et Taun. 
MlNOOS (Mu/coos), a, um, adj. relating 
to Minos; sometimes, also, Cretan. Ovid. 
Thoas Minous, ft. e. Alius Ariadnas. Id. 
aren®, ft. e. litus Creticum. 
MINTHX, ®, and MiNTHe (pivQrf), es, 
f. mint. Plin. 
MINTRI5, is, n. 4.or MINTRB,as,n, l.to 
3 squeak like a mouse. Auct. carm. de Phdom. 
MfNTuRNiE, arum, f. a town of Latium , 
on the borders of Campania, at the mouth 
of the river Liris. Near this town Manus 
concealed himself from Sulla in a morass. 
— Hence, Minturnensis, e, adj. belong; 
inn to Minturnm. Liv. populus. Vellei. 
Mmtiirnenses, ft. e. the inhabitants of 
MlMurncc. 
MlPblOS, or MIN0TI0S, a, um, a name 
if a Roman gens. — As an adj. Mmucian. 
Cic. gens. Id. via, ft. e. leading from Rome 
to Brumlusium. — As a subst. Minucius, 
the name of a man. Minucia, that of a 
woman. „ , _ 
MINOISCS (minuo), is, n. 3. to become 
3 less, decrease. Anson. 
MINOMe, adv. for Minime. See Pa- 
538 
MINOMttS, a, um, for Minimus See 
3 Parvus. 
MIN0&(pn/iico, nivvOtS), is, ui, utmri, a. 
3. to make smaller. Ovid, ligna, ft. e. by 
splitting, to chop small. -IT Also, to 
lessen, 'make less, diminish, abate, lower 
impair, weaken, iXaTrdoi, pciow. Cic. 
sum plus. Id. gloriam. Id. molestias vita:. 
Cues. spem. Ovid, luctum. Hence, Cic. Se 
capite minuere, or, Pandect. Capite mi- 
nui ft. e. to change his condition and the ad¬ 
vantage attending it. (See Caput.) Lw. 
Consul vulnere minutus, ft. c. weakened 
or dispirited .— Hence, Minui, to decrease, 
grow or become less. Ovid. Minuuntur 
corporis artus. Plin. Minuuntur corpora 
siccis cibis, ft. c. are reduced, grow mea¬ 
gre or lean. So, also, Minuere, sc. se. 
Cces. Minuente ®stu, ft. e. at the ebbing 
or reflux of the tide. Pallad. Luna minu- 
ens.-If Also, to destroy. Cic. sus- 
picionem, ft. e. to remove. Id. opinio- 
nem, ft. e. to refute. Id. controversiam, 
ft. e. to put an end to, to settle. -—— IT Al¬ 
so, to restrict, restrain, check, limit. Liv. 
censuram, ft. e. to restrict the power of. 
Terent. iram. - If Also, to violate, 
' offend against. Cic. majestatem populi. 
Nep. religionem.-IT Also, to cut or 
break in pieces, to grind, bruise. Stat. 
portarum objectus. Ovid, aliqnem in 
pij a ._IT Also, to alter, change. Ter¬ 
ent. consilium. Id. li®c qu® facis. 
_If Also, to cease, leave off. Lucret. 
minari. - If Veget. sanguinem, or, 
simply, Id. Minuere, ft. e. to let blood. 
_II See, also, Minutus, a, um. 
MIN0RI5, or MIN0RRI5 (pivvpiljo>), is, 
3 n. 4. to chirp, twitter, coo. Sidon. and 
Spaftian. 
MINOS, compurat. of parvus. See Par- 
v ,is. 5 - IT Also, comparat. of parum. 
§gg p(ZTTi/ni• 
MINuSCOLaRIOS (minusculus), a, um, 
3 adi. relating to or occupied with little 
things. - Hence, Augustin. Minuscu- 
larifvectigalium conductores, A. e. tlio*e 
ivho farm only a small portion of theytc- 
tigalia. Cod. Theod. Minuscularu, sc. 
exactores, such as collect only a V ar i 
opposed to collectors-general. —— 'I Al¬ 
so, minute, small, little. Cod. Just. res. 
Id. aqu®ductus. . 
MINuSCOLOS (from the compar. minor, 
minus), a, um, adj. somewhat less, less, 
little, somewhat little, very small, pup - 
rcpol Cic. villa. Plant, nomen.. Id. 
MI NOT XL, alis, n. See Minutahs. 3 
MINuTALIS (minutus). e , adj. sma , 
3 little. Tertull. - Hence, Mm«t“l®, or, 
abbreviated, Minutal, something emU, 
a little thing, a trifle. Tertull - Also, 
dish of minced meat. Martial. « 
MINOTaTIM (Id.), ut\v. m very 
pieces, in bits, re 
oXivov, eis XtixTbraTa. Parr. .. e _ 
nasturtium. Colum. caseun ? "a sma ll. 
Plin. terram cribrare, ft. «• to ?/ 
Cic interrogare A. e. ^ and little 
something. -" Also, oy rnmn iinuKl 
gradually, by a C (lslie facere. 
mmutatnn additui. To se fg _ 
Sere, ^cedere — II Also, singhfi 
one by one, severally, separately, 
dect. singulos convenire. iecrs> 
MINuTe (minutus), adv. in f CiC . 
XetrnSs. Colum. Sal minute tnto*^ 
Minutius. Cato and Colum. m 
me.-- IT Also, meanly, rua^w ^ 
ner. Cic. dicere. •' nner without 
tractare, ft. e. in a h, ^nicely, 
omnia, more> mcehj o in - Bp icuro 
Nimis minute Fliitarums 
accnsando, too sumuty. littleness, 
MINuTIX (Id.), a **. 
Q minuteness; cmi/ tftiM . red-gere, 
mote. Senec Ad ^" ma ke ffide 
ft. e. to reduce to powder, 
small. . - n= Miniitid.'d’df 1 ^' 
3 i, n. a speaking bi tejiy 
tull. . , , „a v in small pieo.s, 
MINOTIM (minutus), aav. (}dL 
2 bit Ini bit. Cato, Colum. ■ dim i„ishing 
lessening 
