minacia

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Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From mināx +‎ -ia. Attested in Plautus and Arnobius the Younger.[1]

Noun

minācia f (genitive mināciae); first declension (Old Latin, Late Latin)

  1. threat
Usage notes
  • Usually found in the plural mināciae.
Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative minācia mināciae
Genitive mināciae mināciārum
Dative mināciae mināciīs
Accusative mināciam mināciās
Ablative mināciā mināciīs
Vocative minācia mināciae
Descendants

References

  • minaciae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • minaciae in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
  • minaciae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “mĭnācia”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 6/2: Mercatio–Mneme, page 99

Etymology 2

Adjective

minācia

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of mināx