minax

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Latin

Etymology

From minor (“I jut forth, protrude, project”) +‎ -āx.

Pronunciation

Adjective

mināx (genitive minācis, adverb mināciter); third-declension one-termination adjective

  1. projecting, overhanging (jutting out)
  2. threatening, menacing

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative mināx minācēs minācia
Genitive minācis minācium
Dative minācī minācibus
Accusative minācem mināx minācēs minācia
Ablative minācī minācibus
Vocative mināx minācēs minācia

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Italian: minace
  • → Portuguese: minaz
  • → Spanish: minaz

References

  • “minax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “minax”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • minax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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