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
- M
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..." - M
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..." - M
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..."