adjectivethird-declension one-termination adjective
mināx
mināx (genitive minācis, adverb mināciter)
Classical[ˈmɪ.naːks]Ecclesiastical[ˈmiː.naks]
Meaning
- one terminationprojecting; overhanging; jutting out
- one terminationthreatening; menacing
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | mināx | mināx | mināx |
| genitive | minācis | minācis | minācis |
| dative | minācī | minācī | minācī |
| accusative | minācem | minācem | mināx |
| ablative | minācī mināce | minācī mināce | minācī mināce |
| vocative | mināx | mināx | mināx |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | minācēs | minācēs | minācia |
| genitive | minācium | minācium | minācium |
| dative | minācibus | minācibus | minācibus |
| accusative | minācīs minācēs | minācīs minācēs | minācia |
| ablative | minācibus | minācibus | minācibus |
| vocative | minācēs | minācēs | minācia |
mĭnax, ācis, adj. 1. minor, lit.,
I. jutting out, projecting.
I. Lit. (poet.):
minaci Pendentem scopulo, overhanging, projecting, Verg. A. 8, 668: robur saxi, overlying, incumbent, Lucr. 1, 881.—II. Trop., threatening, menacing, full of threats or menaces (class.).
A. Of living things:
Indutiomarus iste minax atque arrogans, Cic. Font. 12, 36; Quint. 11, 3, 72: vituli nondum metuenda fronte minaces, Ov. Am. 3, 13, 15.— Sup.: adversus barbaros minacissimus, Suet. Calig. 51.—B. Of inanimate things:
aequor saevum minaxque, Ov. H. 19, 85: fluvii, Verg. G. 3, 77: pestilentia minacior, Liv. 4, 52 litterae, Cic. Fam. 16, 11, 2: vox, Hor. C. 1, 10, 10: unda, id. ib. 1, 12, 31: genus dicendi, Quint. 11, 1, 3: vultus, significant, Calp. 4, 1: fortuna, Juv. 10, 52.—Hence, adv.: mĭnācĭter, threateningly, menacingly, with threats or menaces (class.): adversarios minaciter terrere, Cic. de Or. 1, 20, 90: dictum, Quint. 1, 5, 9.—Comp.: minacius dicere quam facere, Cic. Phil. 5, 8, 21.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
mināx ācis, adj. with comp.
2 MAN-, jutting out, projecting, overhanging : scopulus, V.—Fig., threatening, menacing, full of threats : minax atque adrogans: vituli fronte, O.: fluvii, V.: pestilentia minacior, L.: litterae: vox, H.: verba, O.: fortuna, Iu.—As subst m. : arma minacis, V.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ks Proto-Italic *-āks Latin -āx Latin mināx From minor (“to jut forth; to protrude; to project”) + -āx.
Descendants
- Italianminace
- Portugueseminaz
- Spanishminaz