comminatio, comminationis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
threat, menace;
Inflections
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | comminatio | comminationes |
| Gen. | comminationis | comminationum, comminationium |
| Dat. | comminationi | comminationibus |
| Acc. | comminationem | comminationes |
| Voc. | comminatio | comminationes |
| Abl. | comminatione | comminationibus |
Examples
- L
Liber II
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...ostendit ignem, fulminatio emittit. Illa, ut ita dicam, comminatio est et conatio sine ictu ; ista iaculatio cum ictu..." - L
Liber II
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA
"...motus non uoluntarius, quasi praeparatio adfectus et quaedam comminatio; alter cum uoluntate non contumaci, tamquam oporteat me uindicari..." - M
Liber IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...autem ipsius tamquam armorum est vel ad usum comminatio et quasi petitio vel ad venustatem ipsa tractatio..."