mĭnūtālis, e, adj. [minutus],
small, paltry, insignificant (eccl. Lat.): regna, Tert. adv. Marc. 1, 4.—As subst.: mĭnūtālis , is, m., an insignificant author : ceteri, i. e. the other writers of no consequence , Hier. Ep. ad Ephes. prooem.