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mĭnūtal, ālis, n. [minutus].

  1. I. A dish of minced meat (post-Aug.), Juv. 14, 129; Mart. 11, 31, 11.
  2. II. In gen.: mĭnū-tālĭa, ĭum, petty or paltry things, trifles (post-class.), Tert. Hab. Mul. 6: culices, formicae, tineae et hoc genus minutalia, id. Anim. 32.

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.

mĭnūtātim, adv. [minutus], piecemeal, in little bits; piece by piece, little by little; gradually, by degrees; singly, one by one (class.): nasturtium consectum minutatim, Varr. R. R. 3, 10, 6: cribrare terram, to sift small, Plin. 17, 11, 15, § 76: interrogare, i. e. in little questions, by bits, always adding something, Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 92: aliquid addere, id. ib. 2, 16, 49: assuefaciant, Varr. R. R. 1, 20, 2: discere, Lucr. 5, 1384: se recipere, Auct. B. Afr. 31: cedere, id. ib. 78: singulos convenire, one by one, Dig. 2, 15, 8, § 9.