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Lewis Short
(adj.adv.) : mĭnax, ācis, adj.1. minor, lit.
* Jutting out, projecting.
* Lit. (poet.): minaci Pendentem scopulo,overhanging, projecting,Verg. A. 8, 668: robur saxi,overlying, incumbent,Lucr. 1, 881.
* Trop., threatening, menacing, full of threats or menaces (class.).
* Of living things: Indutiomarus iste minax atque arrogans,Cic. Font. 12, 36; Quint. 11, 3, 72: vituli nondum metuenda fronte minaces,Ov. Am. 3, 13, 15.— Sup.: adversus barbaros minacissimus,Suet. Calig. 51.
* Of inanimate things: aequor saevum minaxque,Ov. H. 19, 85: fluvii,Verg. G. 3, 77: pestilentia minacior,Liv. 4, 52 litterae, Cic. Fam. 16, 11, 2: vox,Hor. C. 1, 10, 10: unda,id. ib. 1, 12, 31: genus dicendi,Quint. 11, 1, 3: vultus,significant,Calp. 4, 1: fortuna,Juv. 10, 52.—Hence, adv.: mĭnācĭter, threateningly, menacingly, with threats or menaces (class.): adversarios minaciter terrere,Cic. de Or. 1, 20, 90: dictum,Quint. 1, 5, 9.—Comp.: minacius dicere quam facere,Cic. Phil. 5, 8, 21.
* Jutting out, projecting.
* Lit. (poet.): minaci Pendentem scopulo,overhanging, projecting,Verg. A. 8, 668: robur saxi,overlying, incumbent,Lucr. 1, 881.
* Trop., threatening, menacing, full of threats or menaces (class.).
* Of living things: Indutiomarus iste minax atque arrogans,Cic. Font. 12, 36; Quint. 11, 3, 72: vituli nondum metuenda fronte minaces,Ov. Am. 3, 13, 15.— Sup.: adversus barbaros minacissimus,Suet. Calig. 51.
* Of inanimate things: aequor saevum minaxque,Ov. H. 19, 85: fluvii,Verg. G. 3, 77: pestilentia minacior,Liv. 4, 52 litterae, Cic. Fam. 16, 11, 2: vox,Hor. C. 1, 10, 10: unda,id. ib. 1, 12, 31: genus dicendi,Quint. 11, 1, 3: vultus,significant,Calp. 4, 1: fortuna,Juv. 10, 52.—Hence, adv.: mĭnācĭter, threateningly, menacingly, with threats or menaces (class.): adversarios minaciter terrere,Cic. de Or. 1, 20, 90: dictum,Quint. 1, 5, 9.—Comp.: minacius dicere quam facere,Cic. Phil. 5, 8, 21.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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