What is the Latin word for menacing?

The usual Latin words for “menacing” are mināx, minor, minitor; also minitābundus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“menacing” in Latin

mināxprojecting; overhanging; jutting out; threatening; menacing minorto jut forth; to protrude; to project; to tower; [with dative] to threaten; to menace minitorto threaten minitābundusthreatening, menacing

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

menacing

minax, minans, minitans (Cic.); minitabundus (Liv.): a menacing letter, litterae minaces.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for menacing?: The usual Latin words for “menacing” are mināx, minor, minitor; also minitābundus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.