minamur
Dictionary entries
- Entry →mino, minare, minavi, minatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Age:
- Late
drive (animals); impel, push, force; threaten?;
pl. pres. pass. ind. 1st - Entry →minor, minari, minatus sum:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
threaten, speak/act menacingly; make threatening movement; give indication of;
pl. pres. ind. 1st
Examples
Liber XI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...LXXXVI. An non his poscimus pollicemur, vocamus dimittimus, minamur supplicamus, abominamur timemus, interrogamus negamus, gaudium tristitiam dubitationem confessionem..."Liber VI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...interrogamus et dubitamus et adfirmamus et minamur et optamus; quaedam ut miserantes, quaedam ut irascentes dicimus. Ridiculum..."Liber Quintus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...nihil eorum cogitant, si quando iis ludentes minamur praecipitaturos alicunde, extimescunt. quin etiam 'ferae', inquit Pacuvius, 'quíbus abest..."