mĭnūtĭa, ae, f. [minutus],
smallness, fineness, minuteness (post-Aug.): donec ad minutiam redigantur, to make quite small, reduce to powder , Sen. Ep. 90, 23: pulveris minutiae, little particles , Lact. Ira Dei, 10, 9.— Plur., insignificant matters, trifles : ut praetereamus negotiorum minutias, Amm. 23, 1, 1: humilium minutias indagare causarum, id. 26, 1, 1: historiam producere per ignobiles minutias, id. 27, 2, 11: per minutias, into the minutest detail; with scrutari, id. 14, 6, 25; with demonstrare, id. 23, 6, 74: gesta narrare, id. 28, 2, 12.—Postclass. collat. form mĭnūtĭes , ēi, f.: ad summam minutiem conterere, Ap. Met. 9, 27, 10; humana, id. ib. 11, 13, 16; Arn. 6, p. 256; Lact. 2, 4, 12.