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* Inf. minitarier for minitari, Plaut. Am. 3, 4, 3; id. Rud. 3, 1, 15.—Act. collat. form minito, āre; v.infra fin.), v. dep. freq. [1. minor], to threaten, menace a person with any thing; constr. alicui aliquid, alicui aliquā re, with inf., with acc. and inf., and absol. (class.).
* Alicui aliquid: Mihin' malum minitare?Plaut. Curc. 4, 4, 15: ista horribilia minitare purpuratis tuis!Cic. Tusc. 1, 43, 102; id. Phil. 13, 9, 21: malum alicui,id. Caecin. 10, 27: fratri mortem,id. Phil. 6, 4, 10: virgas securesque omnibus,Liv. 3, 57, 3.—With acc.: facito istud quod minitaris,Plaut. Rud. 3, 5, 13: quin consul arma minetur,Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 3: bellum,Quint. 3, 8, 19.—With dat.: quis illest qui minitatur filio?Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 9: alicui,Cic. Att. 2, 19, 3.
* Alicui aliquā re: huic urbi ferro ignique minitantur,Cic. Phil. 11, 14, 37; 13, 21, 47: huic urbi ferro flammāque minitans,id. Cat. 2, 1, 1 (Klotz, ferrum flammamque): Caesari gladio,Sall. C. 49, 4.—With abl.: qui ferro minitere, Enn. ap. Fest. s. v. ningulus, p. 177 Müll. (Ann. v. 133 Vahl.).
* With inf.: quod nunc minitare facere,Ter. Hec. 3, 4, 13.
* With acc. and inf.: cur ergo minitaris tibi te vitam esse amissurum?Plaut. As. 3, 3, 2.—(ε) Absol.: etiam, carnufex, Minitare?Plaut. Bacch. 4, 6, 16: noli minitari,id. Mil. 2, 4, 19.—Act. collat. form mĭnĭto, āre (ante-class.): quae minitas mihi,Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 85: etiam minitas? Naev. ap. Non. 473, 32: quid minitabas te facturum,Plaut. Fragm. ib. 33; Liv. Andron. Tr. 17.

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