mĭnuscŭlus, a, um, adj. dim. [1. minus],
rather less, rather small (class.): ostium, Poët. ap. Macr. S. 3, 12: aviarium, Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 5: cupae, Cato R. R. 12: nomen, very short , Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 46: villa, Cic. Att. 14, 13, 5: epistola, id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 4.— Of persons: meretrix, Plaut. Poen. 2, 50.