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English
Alternative forms
Noun
minae
- plural of mina
Anagrams
Latin
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Italic *(eks)menā (“projection”), *menā, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to stand out”). See Latin minor, mōns, mentum.
Noun
minae f pl (genitive minārum); first declension
- projecting points, pinnacles, battlements, parapets
- (figuratively) threats, menaces
Declension
First-declension noun, plural only.
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
Noun
minae
- inflection of mina:
- nominative/vocative plural
- genitive/dative singular
References
- “minae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “minae”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- minae in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- minae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to use threats: minas iacere, iactare
- (ambiguous) to use threats: minis uti