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.