minax

Latin

Etymology

From minor (“to jut forth; to protrude; to 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.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative mināx minācēs minācia
genitive minācis minācium
dative minācī minācibus
accusative minācem mināx minācīs
minācēs 		minācia
ablative minācī
mināce 		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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