verbfirst conjugation, deponent
comminor
comminor (present infinitive comminārī, perfect active comminātus sum)
Classical[ˈkɔm.mɪ.nɔr]Ecclesiastical[ˈkɔm.mi.nor]
Meaning
- deponentto threaten someone with something, menace
Conjugation conjugation 1 deponent
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | comminor | comminābar | comminābor | — | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | commināris commināre | comminābāris comminābāre | commināberis comminābere | — | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | comminātur | comminābātur | comminābitur | — | — | — |
| 1st pl. | commināmur | comminābāmur | comminābimur | — | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | commināminī | comminābāminī | comminābiminī | — | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | comminantur | comminābantur | comminābuntur | — | — | — |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | comminer | comminārer | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | comminēris comminēre | comminārēris comminārēre | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | comminētur | comminārētur | — | — |
| 1st pl. | comminēmur | comminārēmur | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | comminēminī | comminārēminī | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | comminentur | comminārentur | — | — |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | commināre | — |
| pres. 2nd pl. | commināminī | — |
| fut. 2nd sg. | comminātor | — |
| fut. 3rd sg. | comminātor | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | comminantor | — |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | comminārī | — |
| perfect infinitive | comminātum esse | — |
| future infinitive | comminātūrum esse | — |
| present participle | commināns | — |
| perfect participle | comminātus commināta, comminātā, comminātae, comminātam, comminātārum, comminātās, commināte, comminātī, comminātīs, comminātō, comminātōrum, comminātōs | — |
| future participle | comminātūrus comminātūra, comminātūrā, comminātūrae, comminātūram, comminātūrārum, comminātūrās, comminātūre, comminātūrī, comminātūrīs, comminātūrō, comminātūrōrum, comminātūrōs, comminātūrum | comminandus comminanda, comminandā, comminandae, comminandam, comminandārum, comminandās, comminande, comminandīs, comminandōrum, comminandōs |
gerundcomminandī, comminandō, comminandumsupinecomminātum, comminātū
com-mĭnor, ātus, 1, v. dep.,
I. to threaten one with something, esp., in milit. lang., to threaten with an attack, to menace (in prose most freq. in the histt.; not in Cic.); constr. usu. alicui aliquid; rarely alicui aliquā re, aliquem, or absol.:
comminando magis quam inferendo pugnam, Liv. 10, 39, 6: impetum, Auct. B. Afr. 71: obsidionem, Liv. 31, 26, 6; 42, 7, 5: necem alicui, Suet. Caes. 14: inter se, Liv. 44, 9, 7: alicui cuspide, Suet. Caes. 62: accusationem, Dig. 5, 2, 7.— With acc. pers., Dig. 1, 16, 9, § 3; 1, 12, 1, § 10 al.—Absol.: vox comminantis audita est, Suet. Calig. 22 fin.—Part.: commĭ-nātus, a, um, in pass. signif., threatened: mots alicul, App. M. 6, p. 184, 12: novercae nex, id. ib. 10, p. 241, 16.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
com-minor (conm-) ātus, ārī, dep.,
to threaten, menace: pugnam, L.: inter se, L.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Italic*kom
- Proto-Italic*kom-
- Latincomminor
Proto-Indo-European *men- Proto-Italic *menā Proto-Italic *(eks)menāder. Latin minae Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin minor Latin comminor From con- (“with, together”) + minor (“threaten, menace”).
Descendants
- Englishcomminate
- Frenchcomminer
- Italiancomminare
- Spanishconminar