minitabantur
Dictionary entries
- Entry →minitor, minitari, minitatus sum:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
threaten (to), use threats; constitute a danger/threat; hold out as a threat;
pl. imperf. ind. 3rd - Entry →minito, minitare, minitavi, minitatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
threaten (to), use threats; constitute a danger/threat; hold out as a threat;
pl. imperf. pass. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber IV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...parentes et coniuges ostentabant bellumque impeditum arduum cruentum minitabantur. At Sabinus, donec exercitus in unum conduceret, datis mitibus..."Liber II
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...nuntiata consternatione ac licentia militum; namque abeuntibus exitium minitabantur, atrocissima in Verginium vi, quem clausa domo obsidebant. increpitis..."
